Chlosyne leanira obsoleta Edwards, 1877
Obsolete checkerspot, Leanira checkerspot
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Thessalia leanira obsoleta Edwards, 1877
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1956
Distribution
California, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Edwards, H. (1877). Pacific Coast Lepidoptera. - No. 22. Notes on some Diurnal Lepidoptera, with description of new varieties Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 7(12): 163-173.
Other references:
Austin, G.T., and M.J. Smith. (1998). 27. Revision of the Thessalia leanira complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Melitaeinae): Thessalia leanira (C. & R. Felder), with descriptions of four new subspecies. Pp. 333-358, 67 figs., in: T.C. Emmel (Ed.), Systematics of western North American butterflies.
Emmel, Thomas C., editor. 1998. Systematics of western North American butterflies. Mariposa Press, Gainesville, Florida. 878 pp.
NatureServe. (2014). NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. Version 7.1. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available http://explorer.natureserve.org. (Accessed: January 29, 2015).
Opler, P. A., and A. D. Warren. 2002. Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific Names List for Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico. C.P Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. 79 pp.
Pelham, J. P. 2008. A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. Volume 40. 658 pp.