Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae > Chlosyne > Chlosyne nycteis

Chlosyne nycteis (Silvery checkerspot)

Synonyms: Phyciodes millburni; Phyciodes nycteis; Phyciodes oenone

Wikipedia Abstract

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

Chlosyne nycteis drusius
Chlosyne nycteis greyi
Chlosyne nycteis hewitsoni
Chlosyne nycteis lacteus
Chlosyne nycteis nycteis
Chlosyne nycteis pastoron
Chlosyne nycteis reversa

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.535 inches (.039 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

Rudbeckia laciniata (Cutleaf Coneflower)[2]
Verbesina glabrata[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Compsilura concinnata (Tachina fly)[2]

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