Chlosyne acastus

Sagebrush Checkerspot
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Chlosyne
Species: C. acastus
Binomial name
Chlosyne acastus
(W. H. Edwards, 1874)[1]
Synonyms
  • Melitaea acastus
  • Lemonias acastus Dyar, 1903
  • Charidryas acastus

Sagebrush Checkerspot (Chlosyne acastus) is a member of the Nymphalidae family that is found in North America. They range from western United States east to Nebraska and to southern Alberta.[1][2]

Description

The adult may be often confused with the Northern Checkerspot (C. palla) and Hoffmann's Checkerspot (C. hoffmanni).[3] The adult's wingspan is 33–44 mm (1.3–1.7 in).[3]

Life cycle

There is one flight that occurs between May to early September in Canada.[3] The caterpillar of this species feeds on Rabbit-brush (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus) and desert-aster (Machaeranthera spp.).[1][3]

Subspecies

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chlosyne acastus.
  1. 1 2 3 Sagebrush Checkerspot, Butterflies and Moths of North America
  2. Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman (2003) Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-618-15312-8.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Sagebrush Checkerspot, Butterflies of Canada

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