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Chlosyne rosita (Rosita Patch)

Wikipedia Abstract

The rosita patch (Chlosyne rosita) is a butterfly from the Nymphalidae family, similar in appearance to the more common crimson patch. It is a striking butterfly with orange-red patches on the wings. It can be found throughout Central America and Mexico, and is occasional in the southwestern United States.
View Wikipedia Record: Chlosyne rosita

Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Dicliptera brachiata (branched foldwing)[1]
Dicliptera sexangularis (sixangle foldwing)[1]
Justicia pilosella (hairy tubetongue)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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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