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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Chlosyne |
Species: | C. acastus
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Binomial name | |
Chlosyne acastus (
W. H. Edwards, 1874)
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Synonyms | |
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Chlosyne acastus, the sagebrush checkerspot, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae that is found in North America. They range from western United States east to Nebraska and north to southern Alberta. [1] [2]
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]
There is one flight that occurs between May and early September in Canada. [3] The caterpillar of this species feeds on rabbit-brush ( Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus) and desert-aster ( Machaeranthera species). [1] [3]
Sagebrush checkerspot | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Chlosyne |
Species: | C. acastus
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Binomial name | |
Chlosyne acastus (
W. H. Edwards, 1874)
[1]
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Synonyms | |
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Chlosyne acastus, the sagebrush checkerspot, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae that is found in North America. They range from western United States east to Nebraska and north to southern Alberta. [1] [2]
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]
There is one flight that occurs between May and early September in Canada. [3] The caterpillar of this species feeds on rabbit-brush ( Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus) and desert-aster ( Machaeranthera species). [1] [3]