Poladryas

Dotted checkerspot
P. m. arachne
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Poladryas Bauer, 1975
Species:	P. minuta
Binomial name
Poladryas minuta (W.H. Edwards, 1861)
Synonyms
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

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.

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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