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Elada checkerspot
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Texola
Species:	T. elada
Binomial name
Texola elada (Hewitson, )
Synonyms
Microtia elada Eresia elada Hewitson, Phyciodes elada Melitaea callina Boisduval, 1869 Eresia socia R. Felder, 1869 Phyciodes hepburni Godman, Melitaea ulrica Edwards, 1877 Melitaea imitata Strecker, Phyciodes imitata Cinclidia ulrica Melitaea perse Edwards, 1882 Cinclidia perse

Texola elada, the Elada checkerspot, is a species of butterfly in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. It is found from southern Mexico north to central Texas and central Arizona in the United States.

The wingspan is 22–32 mm (0.87–1.26 in). Adults are on wing from April to October. There are several generations per year.

The larvae feed on Siphonoglossa pilosella in Texas. They have been recorded feeding on various yellow Asteraceae species in Mexico. Adults feed on flower nectar.

Subspecies

• Texola elada elada (Mexico)
• Texola elada ulrica (Texas)
• Texola elada perse (Arizona)

References

1. ^ "Elada Checkerspot Texola elada (Hewitson, 1868)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved 2010-09-21.

External links

• Media related to Texola elada at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Texola elada at Wikispecies
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