Chlosyne hoffmanni

Chlosyne hoffmanni, or Hoffmann's checkerspot, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae that is found in western North America. They range from the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains in the U.S. to Manning Park in British Columbia.[2][1][3]

Hoffmann's checkerspot
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Chlosyne
Species:
C. hoffmanni
Binomial name
Chlosyne hoffmanni
(Behr, 1863)[1]
Synonyms
  • Melitaea hoffmanni Behr, 1863
  • Melitaea helicta Boisduval, 1869
  • Lemonias hoffmanni Dyar, 1903
  • Charidryas hoffmanni

Description

The adult may be often confused with the northern checkerspot (C. palla and sagebrush checkerspot (C. acastus).[2] The adult's wingspan is 30–36 mm (1.2–1.4 in).[2]

Life cycle

There is one flight that occurs between June and early July in Canada.[2] The caterpillar of this species feeds on Aster species.[2] Adults feed on flower nectar.[4]

Subspecies
  • C. h. manchada Bauer, [1960][5]
  • C. h. segregata Barnes & McDunnough, 1918

References
  1. Hoffmann's Checkerspot, Butterflies and Moths of North America
  2. Hoffmann's Checkerspot, Butterflies of Canada
  3. Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman (2003) Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-618-15312-8.
  4. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org.
  5. "Chlosyne Butler, 1870" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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