Checkerspot-E. San Diego Co.

[Kenelm Philip]

>        And of course to confuse things further, I'll throw in the fact
>     that the NABA checklist uses Thessalia as the genus name for the
>     Leanira Checkerspot.

	The NABA list is hardly unique in that respect. Both the Hodges
checklist (MONA) and the Miller/Brown catalogue use _Thessalia_ for this
subgroup of _Chlosyne_ and raise it to generic rank. So this usage has
been stable for some 16 years, at least...

							Ken Philip
fnkwp at uaf.edu