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This map shows observations of the species Euphydryas editha from the year 2000 onwards.
The blue markers indicate the frequency of the observations, with darker blue regions indicating more observations in that area.
All observations were obtained from Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
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the GBIF page on the species Euphydryas editha by clicking here.
Taxonomy
Description
Edith’s Checkerspot Butterfly (Euphydryas editha) is found in North America, especially along the pacific coast of the USA. It is not included on the IUCN Red List. The genome assembly and annotation displayed here on the Genome Portal was generated in a study by Tunstrom et al. (2022).
How to cite
If you use the data presented in the genome portal from this species in your research, please cite the original publication:
Tunstrom, K., Wheat, C. W., Parmesan, C., Singer, M. C., & Mikheyev, A. S. (2022). A Genome for Edith’s Checkerspot Butterfly: An Insect with Complex Host-Adaptive Suites and Rapid Evolutionary Responses to Environmental Changes. Genome Biology and Evolution, 14(8), evac113. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evac113If you have used the pages for this species in the Genome Portal, please refer to it in-text as: “The Euphydryas editha entry in the Swedish Reference Genome Portal (Retrieved ).” and use the following for the bibliography:
Swedish Reference Genome Portal (Retrieved ), SciLifeLab Data Centre, version 1.7.0 from https://genomes.scilifelab.se, RRID:SCR_026008References
- Tunstrom, K., Wheat, C. W., Parmesan, C., Singer, M. C., & Mikheyev, A. S. (2022). A Genome for Edith’s Checkerspot Butterfly: An Insect with Complex Host-Adaptive Suites and Rapid Evolutionary Responses to Environmental Changes. Genome Biology and Evolution, 14(8), evac113. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evac113
Changelog
- 05/02/2026 - Species first published on the Portal
Page last updated: 05/02/2026