Biology:Chlosyne whitneyi damoetas

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Short description: Subspecies of butterfly

Rockslide checkerspot
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Chlosyne
Species:
C. whitneyi
Subspecies:
C. w. damoetas
Trinomial name
Chlosyne whitneyi damoetas
(Skinner, 1902)[1]
Synonyms
  • Melitaea damoetas Skinner, 1902
  • Chlosyne whitneyi malcolmi Comstock, 1926
  • Melitaea damoeteas ab. damoetella McDunnough, 1927 (Unav.)
  • Chlosyne whitneyi windriver Scott, 1998
  • Chlosyne whitneyi altalus Scott, 1998

Chlosyne whitneyi damoetas, the rockslide checkerspot, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae that is found in North America, from British Columbia and Alberta[2] to Wyoming[3] and Colorado.[1]

Life cycle

The caterpillar of this species feeds on Erigeron leiomerus and Solidago multiradiata.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Chlosyne d. damoetas (Skinner, 1902)". https://butterfliesofamerica.com/chlosyne_d_damoetas.htm. 
  2. ↑ "Chlosyne damoetas windriver Scot". http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/chlosyne_damoetas_windriver.htm. 
  3. ↑ "Chlosyne damoetas altalus Scott, 1998". http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/chlosyne_damoetas_altalus.htm. 
  4. ↑ "Chlosyne". http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/nymphalinae/chlosyne/. 

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