Chlosyne is a genus of butterflies from North and South America in the family Nymphalidae.

Species

Listed alphabetically within groups:

The lacinia species group:

• Chlosyne californica (Wright, 1905) – California patch

• Chlosyne definita (Aaron, [1885]) – definite patch

• Chlosyne ehrenbergii (Geyer, 1833) – white-rayed checkerspot, white-rayed patch

• Chlosyne endeis (Godman & Salvin, 1894) – banded checkerspot, banded patch

• Chlosyne erodyle (Bates, 1864) – erodyle checkerspot, Guatemalan patch

• Chlosyne janais (Drury, [1782]) – Janais patch, crimson patch

• Chlosyne gaudialis (Bates, 1864) – gaudy checkerspot, gaudy patch

• Chlosyne hippodrome (Geyer, 1837) – simple checkerspot, simple patch

• Chlosyne lacinia (Geyer, 1837) – bordered patch, sunflower patch

• Chlosyne marina (Geyer, 1837) – marina checkerspot, red-spotted patch

• Chlosyne melanarge (Bates, 1864) – black checkerspot, cream-banded checkerspot, black patch

• Chlosyne narva (Fabricius, 1793) – Narva checkerspot

• Chlosyne rosita Hall, 1924 – Rosita patch

The Charidryas species group:

• Chlosyne acastus (Edwards, 1874) – sagebrush checkerspot

• Chlosyne gabbii (Behr, 1863) – Gabb's checkerspot

• Chlosyne hoffmanni (Behr, 1863) – aster checkerspot, Hoffmann's checkerspot

• Chlosyne palla (Boisduval, 1852) – northern checkerspot

Chlosyne whitneyi (Behr, 1863) – rockslide checkerspot

• Chlosyne whitneyi damoetas (Skinner, 1902)

The harrisii species group:

• Chlosyne harrisii (Scudder, 1864) – Harris's checkerspot

• Chlosyne gorgone (Hübner, 1810) – gorgone crescentspot

• Chlosyne nycteis (Doubleday, [1847]) – silvery crescentspot

The Thessalia species group:

• Chlosyne chinatiensis (Tinkham, 1944) – Chinati checkerspot

• Chlosyne cyneas (Godman & Salvin, 1878) – Cyneas checkerspot, black checkerspot

• Chlosyne leanira (C. & R. Felder, 1860) – leanira checkerspot

• Chlosyne theona (Ménétriés, 1855) – Theona checkerspot

Uncertain grouping:

• Chlosyne fulvia (Edwards, 1879) – Fulvia checkerspot

• Chlosyne kendallorum Opler, 1999 – Kendall's checkerspot, Nuevo León checkerspot

References

• Explanation of Synonymity