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Chlosyne gorgone (Gorgone Checkerspot)

Synonyms:

Wikipedia Abstract

The Gorgone Checkerspot (Chlosyne gorgone) is a species of Nymphalinae that occurs in North America.
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Infraspecies

Chlosyne gorgone gorgone
Chlosyne gorgone nox
Chlosyne gorgone thornei

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.26 inches (.032 m)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Badlands National Park II 178535 South Dakota, United States
Calvin College Ecosystem Preserve 90 Michigan, United States

Prey / Diet

Helianthus annuus (Sunflower)[2]
Helianthus divaricatus (woodland sunflower)[2]
Linaria vulgaris (Butter-and-Eggs)[2]
Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed Susan)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0