Genus of butterflies
| Dotted checkerspot
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| P. m. arachne
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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| Class:
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Insecta
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| Order:
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Lepidoptera
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| Family:
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Nymphalidae
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| Genus:
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Poladryas
Bauer, 1975
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| Species:
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P. minuta
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| Binomial name
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Poladryas minuta
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| Synonyms
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- Melitaea minuta W.H. Edwards, 1861
- Melitaea approximata Strecker, 1900
- Melitaea arachne W.H. Edwards, 1869
- Melitaea minuta ab. gunderiae Holland, 1930
- Melitaea nympha W.H. Edwards, 1884
- Melitaea arachne ab. skinneri Oberthür, 1923
- Melitaea pola var. arachne ab. polingi Gunder, 1926
- Melitaea monache Comstock, 1918
- Melitaaea gilensis Holland, 1930
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Poladryas is a monotypic genus of butterflies from United States and Central America in the family Nymphalidae. The single species it contains is Poladryas minuta, the dotted checkerspot.[1]
Subspecies
- P. m. arachne (W.H. Edwards, 1869) – Arachne checkerspot (Colorado)
- P. m. gilensis (Holland, 1930) (Arizona)
- P. m. minuta (Texas)
- P. m. monache (Comstock, 1918)
- P. m. nympha (W.H. Edwards, 1884) (Arizona, New Mexico)
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