• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  English	Black Checkerspot
  English	Black Patch
  English	Cream-banded Checkerspot

• Chlosyne melanarge is a member of the clade Chlosyne lacinia:

• Species	Author
  Chlosyne californica	(W.G. Wright, 1905)
  Chlosyne definita	(E.M. Aaron, [1885])
  Chlosyne ehrenbergii	(Geyer, 1833)
  Chlosyne endeis	(Godman & Salvin, 1894)
  Chlosyne erodyle	(H.W. Bates, 1864)
  Chlosyne gaudialis	(H.W. Bates, 1864)
  Chlosyne hippodrome	(Geyer, 1837)
  Chlosyne janais	(Drury, 1782)
  Chlosyne lacinia	(Geyer, 1837)
  Chlosyne marina	(Geyer, 1837)
  Chlosyne melanarge	(H.W. Bates, 1864)
  Chlosyne narva	(Fabricius, 1793)
  Chlosyne rosita	A. Hall, 1924

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	Butterflies of America	A.Warren, K.Davis, M.Stangeland

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