Texola (butterfly)

Texola
Elada checkerspot (Texola elada), dorsal view
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Melitaeini
Genus: Texola
Higgins, [1959]

Texola is a genus of butterflies found from southern United States to Mexico in the family Nymphalidae.[1]

Species

Listed alphabetically:[2]

  • Texola anomalus (Godman & Salvin, 1897) – anomalous checkerspot (Mexico)
  • Texola elada (Hewitson, 1868) – Elada checkerspot (Mexico, Texas, Arizona)

References

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  1. ^ "Texola Higgins, [1959]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Glassberg, J. (2007) A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America, Sunstreak Books, p. 85.