Chlosyne whitneyi

Chlosyne whitneyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Chlosyne
Species:
C. whitneyi
Binomial name
Chlosyne whitneyi
(Behr, 1863)[1]
Synonyms
  • Melitaea whitneyi Behr, 1863
  • Melitaea damoetas Skinner, 1902
  • Chlosyne whitneyi malcolmi Comstock, 1926

Chlosyne whitneyi, the rockslide checkerspot or Sierra Nevada checkerspot, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western North America from British Columbia and Alberta south, in the mountains, to California and Colorado.[2]

Description

The wingspan is 32–41 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August in one generation per year.[3] Its habitats include alpine rockslides and scree slopes.[4]

The larvae feed on various species in the sunflower family including Erigeron and Solidago species.[4]

Subspecies

References

  1. ^ "Chlosyne Butler, 1870" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Butterflies and Moths of North America
  3. ^ Butterflies of Montana
  4. ^ a b "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org.


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