Chlosyne leanira

Chlosyne leanira, the leanira checkerspot, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in North America from western Oregon south to California, Nevada, Utah and western Colorado, as well as Baja California.[2]

Chlosyne leanira
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Chlosyne
Species:
C. leanira
Binomial name
Chlosyne leanira
(C. & R. Felder, 1860)[1]
Synonyms
  • Melitaea leanira C. & R. Felder, 1860
  • Thessalia daviesi Wind, 1947
  • Melitaea cerrita Wright, 1905

The wingspan is 35–45 mm. Adults feed on flower nectar.

The larvae feed on Castilleja species. They feed on the leaves and flowers of their host plant. Young larvae live together in a loose web. Third-instar larvae hibernate.

Subspecies
  • Chlosyne leanira leanira
  • Chlosyne leanira oregonensis (Bauer, 1975) (Oregon)
  • Chlosyne leanira wrightii (Edwards, 1886) (California)
  • Chlosyne leanira cerrita Wright, 1905 (California)
  • Chlosyne leanira alma Strecker, [1878] (Utah, Arizona)
  • Chlosyne leanira austrima (Austin & Smith, 1998) (Baja California)
  • Chlosyne leanira elegans Preistaf & Emmel, 1998 (California)

References
  1. "Chlosyne Butler, 1870" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Butterflies and Moths of North America


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