Chlosyne whitneyi damoetas

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]

Rockslide checkerspot
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

Life cycle

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

References
  1. "Chlosyne d. damoetas (Skinner, 1902)". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
  2. "Chlosyne damoetas windriver Scot". www.butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
  3. "Chlosyne damoetas altalus Scott, 1998". www.butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
  4. "Chlosyne". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 2022-04-30.


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