Edith's Checkerspot

species of insect
Taxon taxon Q3015038
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Edith's Checkerspot

Summary

Edith's Checkerspot is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month, #1,609 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Edith's Checkerspot's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Edith's Checkerspot is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Edith's Checkerspot is classified within Euphydryas[5].
  • Edith's Checkerspot's scientific name is Euphydryas editha[6].
  • Edith's Checkerspot's Commons category is recorded as Euphydryas editha[7].
  • Edith's Checkerspot's Commons gallery is recorded as Euphydryas editha[8].
  • Edith's Checkerspot's original combination is recorded as Occidryas editha[9].
  • Edith's Checkerspot's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'E. editha'}[10].
  • Edith's Checkerspot is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bay checkerspot'}[11].
  • Edith's Checkerspot's has host is recorded as Castilleja angustifolia[12].
  • Edith's Checkerspot's has host is recorded as Castilleja nana[13].
  • Edith's Checkerspot's has host is recorded as Collinsia callosa[14].
  • Edith's Checkerspot's has host is recorded as Collinsia parviflora[15].
  • Edith's Checkerspot's has host is recorded as Collinsia tinctoria[16].
  • Edith's Checkerspot's has host is recorded as Lonicera involucrata[17].
  • Edith's Checkerspot's has host is recorded as Pedicularis centranthera[18].
  • Edith's Checkerspot's has host is recorded as Pedicularis densiflora[19].
  • Edith's Checkerspot's has host is recorded as Pedicularis semibarbata[20].
  • Edith's Checkerspot's has host is recorded as Plantago hookeriana[21].
  • Edith's Checkerspot's has host is recorded as Plantago lanceolata[22].
  • Edith's Checkerspot's has host is recorded as Plectritis ciliosa[23].
  • Edith's Checkerspot's has host is recorded as Castilleja[24].
  • Edith's Checkerspot's has host is recorded as Castilleja affinis[25].
  • Edith's Checkerspot's has host is recorded as Castilleja applegatei[26].
  • Edith's Checkerspot's has host is recorded as Castilleja densiflora[27].

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Classification

Edith's Checkerspot's scientific name is Euphydryas editha[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Euphydryas[5]. It is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bay checkerspot'}[11].

Identifiers

Edith's Checkerspot's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 59182[28]. Edith's Checkerspot's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 104508[29]. Edith's Checkerspot's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4299315[30]. Edith's Checkerspot's ITIS TSN is recorded as 201290[31].

Why It Matters

Edith's Checkerspot ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month, #1,609 of 195,241).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  6. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [31] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  16. [15] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  19. [18] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [19] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [20] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [21] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [22] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [23] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [24] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [25] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [26] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [27] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Euphydryas
    Instance of taxon
    Taxon rank species
    Original combination Occidryas editha
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007542460505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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