Chlosyne whitneyi, the rockslide checkerspot or Sierra Nevada checkerspot, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western North America from British Columbia and Alberta south, in the mountains, to California and Colorado.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Chlosyne |
| Species: | C. whitneyi
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Description
editThe wingspan is 32–41 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August in one generation per year.[3] Its habitats include alpine rockslides and scree slopes.[4]
The larvae feed on various species in the sunflower family including Erigeron and Solidago species.[4]
Subspecies
edit- Chlosyne whitneyi damoetas (Skinner, 1902)
- Chlosyne whitneyi whitneyi
References
edit- ^ "Chlosyne Butler, 1870" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Butterflies and Moths of North America
- ^ Butterflies of Montana
- ^ a b "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org.
External links
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Data related to Chlosyne whitneyi at Wikispecies
Media related to Chlosyne whitneyi at Wikimedia Commons
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