{{Short description|Genus of insects}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Silvery Checkerspot, Megan McCarty116.jpg | image_caption = Silvery checkerspot | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Chlosyne | authority = Butler, 1870 | synonyms = *''Morpheis'' <small>Geyer, [1833] (Unav.)</small> *''Synchloe'' <small>Doubleday, 1844 (Preocc.)</small> *''Coatlantona'' <small>Kirby, 1871</small> *''Anemeca'' <small>Kirby, 1871</small> *''Charidryas'' <small>Scudder, 1872</small> *''Limnaecia'' <small>Scudder, 1872</small> *''Thessalia'' <small>Scudder, 1875</small> }} [[File:Poecile checkerspot (Chlosyne poecile).jpg|thumb|Poecile checkerspot (''Chlosyne erodyle poecile'')<br/>Costa Rica]] thumb|Gaudy patch (''Chlosyne gaudialis'') Guatemala. '''''Chlosyne''''' is a genus of butterflies from North and South America in the family Nymphalidae.
==Species== Listed alphabetically within groups:<ref>[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/nymphalinae/chlosyne/ "''Chlosyne'' Butler, 1870"] at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''</ref><ref>Glassberg, J. (2007) ''A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America'', Sunstreak Books, pp. 82-84.</ref>
The '''''lacinia''''' species group: * ''Chlosyne californica'' <small>(Wright, 1905)</small> – California patch * ''Chlosyne definita'' <small>(Aaron, [1885])</small> – definite patch * ''Chlosyne ehrenbergii'' <small>(Geyer, 1833)</small> – white-rayed checkerspot, white-rayed patch * ''Chlosyne endeis'' <small>(Godman & Salvin, 1894)</small> – banded checkerspot, banded patch * ''Chlosyne erodyle'' <small>(Bates, 1864)</small> – erodyle checkerspot, Guatemalan patch * ''Chlosyne janais'' <small>(Drury, [1782])</small> – Janais patch, crimson patch * ''Chlosyne gaudialis'' <small>(Bates, 1864)</small> – gaudy checkerspot, gaudy patch * ''Chlosyne hippodrome'' <small>(Geyer, 1837)</small> – simple checkerspot, simple patch * ''Chlosyne lacinia'' <small>(Geyer, 1837)</small> – bordered patch, sunflower patch * ''Chlosyne marina'' <small>(Geyer, 1837)</small> – marina checkerspot, red-spotted patch * ''Chlosyne melanarge'' <small>(Bates, 1864)</small> – black checkerspot, cream-banded checkerspot, black patch * ''Chlosyne narva'' <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small> – Narva checkerspot * ''Chlosyne rosita'' <small>Hall, 1924</small> – Rosita patch
The '''''Charidryas''''' species group: * ''Chlosyne acastus'' <small>(Edwards, 1874)</small> – sagebrush checkerspot * ''Chlosyne gabbii'' <small>(Behr, 1863)</small> – Gabb's checkerspot * ''Chlosyne hoffmanni'' <small>(Behr, 1863)</small> – aster checkerspot, Hoffmann's checkerspot * ''Chlosyne palla'' <small>(Boisduval, 1852)</small> – northern checkerspot * ''Chlosyne whitneyi'' <small>(Behr, 1863)</small> – rockslide checkerspot ** ''Chlosyne whitneyi damoetas'' <small>(Skinner, 1902)</small>
The '''''harrisii''''' species group: * ''Chlosyne harrisii'' <small>(Scudder, 1864)</small> – Harris's checkerspot * ''Chlosyne gorgone'' <small>(Hübner, 1810)</small> – gorgone crescentspot * ''Chlosyne nycteis'' <small>(Doubleday, [1847])</small> – silvery crescentspot
The '''''Thessalia''''' species group: * ''Chlosyne chinatiensis'' <small>(Tinkham, 1944)</small> – Chinati checkerspot * ''Chlosyne cyneas'' <small>(Godman & Salvin, 1878)</small> – Cyneas checkerspot, black checkerspot * ''Chlosyne leanira'' <small>(C. & R. Felder, 1860)</small> – leanira checkerspot * ''Chlosyne theona'' <small>(Ménétriés, 1855)</small> – Theona checkerspot
Uncertain grouping: * ''Chlosyne fulvia'' <small>(Edwards, 1879)</small> – Fulvia checkerspot * ''Chlosyne kendallorum'' <small>Opler, 1999</small> – Kendall's checkerspot, Nuevo León checkerspot
==References== {{Commons}} {{Reflist}} *[http://butterfliesofamerica.com/chlosyne_cyneas.htm Explanation of Synonymity] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708105228/http://butterfliesofamerica.com/chlosyne_cyneas.htm |date=2011-07-08 }}
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Category:Chlosyne Category:Butterflies of North America Category:Melitaeini Category:Nymphalidae of South America Category:Butterfly genera Category:Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler