Biology:Chlosyne fulvia

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Chlosyne fulvia
Chlosyne fulvia female.jpg
Female
Chlosyne fulvia male.jpg
Male
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Chlosyne
Species:
C. fulvia
Binomial name
Chlosyne fulvia
(W.H. Edwards, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Melitaea fulvia Edwards, 1879
  • Melitaea sinefascia R. C. Williams, 1914

Chlosyne fulvia, the Fulvia checkerspot, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in North America from Kansas , Colorado, southern Utah and Arizona south to central Mexico.[2]

Ventral view

The wingspan is 32–50 mm. Adults feed on flower nectar.

The larvae feed on Castilleja integra and Castilleja lanata. 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 fulvia fulvia (Texas)
  • Chlosyne fulvia coronado (Smith & Brock, 1988) (Arizona)

References

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

Wikidata ☰ Q5103235 entry