Summary description from Wikipedia:

Euphydryas chalcedona in languages:

English

Variable Checkerspot

English

Chalcedon Checkerspot

Japanese

ニセアメリカヒョウモンモドキ

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Parent Taxon

• Euphydryas

Sibling Taxa

• Euphydryas anicia
• Euphydryas asiatica
• Euphydryas aurinia
• Euphydryas chalcedona
• Euphydryas colon
• Euphydryas cynthia
• Euphydryas desfontainii
• Euphydryas editha
• Euphydryas gillettii
• Euphydryas iduna
• Euphydryas intermedia
• Euphydryas italica
• Euphydryas laeta
• Euphydryas maturna
• Euphydryas orientalis
• Euphydryas phaeton
• Euphydryas sibirica

Child Taxa

• Euphydryas chalcedona chalcedona
• Euphydryas chalcedona corralensis
• Euphydryas chalcedona dwinellei
• Euphydryas chalcedona hennei
• Euphydryas chalcedona kingstonensis
• Euphydryas chalcedona klotsi
• Euphydryas chalcedona macglashanii
• Euphydryas chalcedona olancha
• Euphydryas chalcedona sierra
• Euphydryas chalcedona trinitina

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