Chlosyne whitneyi

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]

Chlosyne whitneyi
Scientific classification
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

Description

The wingspan is 32–41 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August in one generation per year.[3]

The larvae feed on various species in the sunflower family including Erigeron and Solidago species. They feed gregariously on the leaves and flowers of their host plant.

Third- and fourth-instar larvae hibernate under rocks.

Subspecies
  • Chlosyne whitneyi whitneyi
  • Chlosyne whitneyi damoetas (Skinner, 1902)
  • Chlosyne whitneyi malcolmi Comstock, 1926

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

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