# Dymasia

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***Dymasia*** is a [monotypic](/source/Monotypic) genus of butterflies in the family [Nymphalidae](/source/Nymphalidae). Its single species is the **tiny checkerspot** (*Dymasia dymas*), also known as the **dyman checkerspot**, which is found from the southern United States to Central America.[1][2]

## Subspecies

- *D. d. dymas* – tiny checkerspot (Texas)
- *D. d. chara* (W.H. Edwards, [1884]) – Chara checkerspot (Arizona)
- *D. d. imperialis* (Bauer, 1959) (California)

## References

1. ["*Dymasia* Higgins, 1960"](http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/nymphalinae/dymasia/) at Markku Savela's *Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms*

1. [Glassberg, J.](/source/Jeffrey_Glassberg) (2007) *A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America*, Sunstreak Books, p. 85.

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