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]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Chlosyne |
Species: | C. whitneyi
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Binomial name | |
Chlosyne whitneyi | |
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Description edit
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] They feed gregariously on the leaves and flowers of their host plant.
Third- and fourth-instar larvae hibernate under rocks.
Subspecies edit
- Chlosyne whitneyi damoetas (Skinner, 1902)
- Chlosyne whitneyi whitneyi
References edit
- ^ "Chlosyne Butler, 1870" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Butterflies and Moths of North America
- ^ Butterflies of Montana
- ^ a b "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org.
External links edit
- Data related to Chlosyne whitneyi at Wikispecies
- Media related to Chlosyne whitneyi at Wikimedia Commons