Dotted Checkerspot

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Poladryas minuta

Dotted Checkerspot, a reference photo
Photo: Robb Hannawacker · CC0 (licence)

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.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Dotted Checkerspot being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Species
Poladryas minuta

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