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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Nymphalinae
Tribus: Melitaeini
Subtribus: Euphydryina
Genus: Euphydryas
Species: E. anicia – E. asiatica – E. aurinia – E. bernadetta – E. chalcedona – E. colon – E. cynthia – E. desfontainii – E. discordia – E. editha – E. gillettii – E. ichnea – E. iduna – E. intermedia – E. italica – E. maturna – E. merope – E. orientalis – E. phaeton
Name

Euphydryas Scudder, 1872
Synonyms

Lemonias Hübner, [1806] (synonymized by Lamas, 2004: 252)
Type species: Papilio maturna Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.
Occidryas Higgins, 1978 (synonymized by Lamas, 2004: 252)
Type species: Melitaea anicia Doubleday, 1847 by original designation.
Hypodryas Higgins, 1978 (synonymized by Lamas, 2004: 252)
Type species: Papilio maturna Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.
Eurodryas Higgins, 1978 (synonymized by Lamas, 2004: 252)
Type species: Papilio aurinia Rottemburg, 1775 by original designation.
Anthodryas Lastukhin, 2008 (synonymized by Korb & Bolshakov, 2010: 30)
Type species: Euphydryas editha Boisduval, 1852
Neodryas Lastukhin, 2008 (synonymized by Korb & Bolshakov, 2010: 30)
Type species: Euphydryas gilletii Barnes, 1921
Cryodryas Lastukhin, 2008 (synonymized by Korb & Bolshakov, 2010: 30)
Type species: H. (H.) iduna (Dalman, 1816)
Oreodryas Lastukhin, 2008 (synonymized by Korb & Bolshakov, 2010: 30)
Type species: Euphydryas aurinia asiatica Staudinger, 1861
Taigadryas Lastukhin, 2008 (synonymized by Korb & Bolshakov, 2010: 30)
Type species: Euphydryas aurinia siberica Staudinger, 1861
Protodryas Lastukhin, 2008 (synonymized by Korb & Bolshakov, 2010: 30)
Type species: Euphydryas aurinia var. sareptensis Staudinger, 1879.

References

Bolshakov, L.V. & S.K. Korb, 2012: To the systematics and nomenclature of fritillaries of the Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775) - group from Siberia and Central Asia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Eversmannia 31-32: 38–48.
Bolshakov, L.V. & S.K. Korb, 2013: A new species of Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775) - group from Caucasus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Eversmannia, 34: 25–31.
Korb, S.K. & L.V. Bolshakov, 2010: Taxonomical notes to the publication. Lastukhin A.A. 2008. Taxonomic notes of the tribe Euphydryini Higgins, 1978 (Melitaeinae, Nymphalidae, Lepidoptera). Eversmannia 21-22: 30–37. Full article: [1].
Korb, S.K. & L.V. Bolshakov, 2011: Taxonomic notes upon the genus Euphydryas Scudder, 1872 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Eversmannia, 25-26: 25–33.
Korb, S.K. & L.V. Bolshakov, 2013: Is Euphydryas cf. aurinia emba (Fruhstorfer, [1917]) a synonym of Euphydryas aurinia sareptana (Staudinger, 1871)? (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Eversmannia, 36: 6–7.
Lamas, G., 2004: Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea.
Lastukhin, A.A., 2008: Taxonomic notes of the tribe Euphydryini Higgins, 1978 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Melitaeinae). Scientific papers of the State Nature Reserve "Prisursky", 19: 47–66. Full article: [2].
Rákosy, L., Pecsenye, K., Mihali, C., Tóth, A. & Varga, Z., 2012: Taxonomic review of Euphydryas maturna (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) with description of a new subspecies from Dobrogea (Romania) and notes on conservation bio. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 58 (2): 145–161.

Euphydryas is a genus of Nymphalidae butterflies.

Species[1]

Subgenus Butterfly Caterpillar Species Common Name Distribution
Euphydryas Baltimore Checkerspot, Shirleys Bay.jpg Euphydryas phaeton larva.jpg Euphydryas phaeton (Drury, 1773) Baltimore checkerspot North America
Hypodryas Euphydryas maturna - Scarce fritillary - Шашечница матурна (26280073977).jpg Euphydryas maturna (larva) - Scarce fritillary (caterpillar) - Шашечница матурна (гусеница) (40439966364).jpg Euphydryas maturna (Linnaeus, 1758) scarce fritillary Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Sweden.
Euphydryas italica Back, Haussmann, Salk & Weiss, 2015 Italy
Heckenkirschen-Scheckenfalter - Euphydryas intermedia - 2.jpg Euphydryas intermedia (Ménétriés, 1859) Alps, Middle and South Ural, in the taiga zone and the West Siberian Lowland, South Siberia and the Russian Far East, Sakhalin, Mongolia, Northeast China, North Korea
Euphydryas ichnea (Boisduval, 1833) Urals to Sakhalin; the Alps, Mongolia, NE. China, Korea
Veilchen-Scheckenfalter ♂ Euphydryas cynthia 3.JPG Cynthias fritillary Euphydryas cynthia larva (4806530514).jpg Euphydryas cynthia (Schiffermüller, 1775) Cynthia's fritillary Bulgaria
Euphydryas iduna.jpg Euphydryas iduna (Dalman, 1816) Lapland fritillary Arctic Europe, Arctic Asia, Caucasus Major, Alatau, Russian Far East, Altai, Sayan
Euphydryas gillettii, female.jpg Euphydryas gillettii (Barnes, 1897) Gillette's checkerspot British Columbia to Oregon and from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean.
Occidryas Euphydryas anicia hopfingeri P1050203c.jpg Euphydryas anicia (Doubleday, 1847) Anicia checkerspot North America
Euphydryas chalcedona chalcedona-Male-5.jpg Euphydryas chalcedona (Doubleday, 1847) Chalcedon checkerspot or variable checkerspot Rocky Mountains into Colorado, Montana, New Mexico and Wyoming.
Edith's Checkerspot - Euphydryas editha, Packer Lake, California - 25541841463.jpg Euphydryas editha (Boisduval, 1852) Edith's checkerspot southern British Columbia and Alberta south to Baja California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado
Eurodryas Nymphalidae - Euphydryas aurinia-001.JPG Marsh Fritillary - Euphydryas aurinia (13926096034).jpg Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775) marsh fritillary Ireland in the west to Yakutia in the east, and to north-west China and Mongolia in the south
Euphydryas aurinia beckeri.jpg Euphydryas beckeri (Lederer, 1853) France
Euphydryas discordia Bolshakov & Korb, 2013 Russia, Republic of Karachaevo-Cherkessia, N. Caucasus
Euphydryas orientalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851) Russian Federation
Euphydryas asiatica (Staudinger, 1881) Kazakhstan
Euphydryas sibirica (Staudinger, 1871) north-eastern Asia
Euphydryas laeta (Cristoph, 1893) Kazakhstan
Euphydryas-desfontainii.JPG Euphydryas desfontainii eruga.JPG Euphydryas desfontainii (Godart, 1819) Spanish fritillary France, Spain, Morocco

References

Zimmermann, Marie; Niklas Wahlberg; Henri Descimon (May 2000). "Phylogeny of Euphydryas Checkerspot Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Based on Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Data". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 93 (3): 347–355. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2000)093[0347:POECBL]2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
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Further reading

Glassberg, Jeffrey Butterflies through Binoculars: The West (2001)
Guppy, Crispin S. and Shepard, Jon H. Butterflies of British Columbia (2001)
James, David G. and Nunnallee, David Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies (2011)
Pelham, Jonathan Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada (2008)
Pyle, Robert Michael The Butterflies of Cascadia (2002)

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