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Chlosyne acastus

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMay 4, 2024
Entity authorityQ2964165 ↗
Source-derived summary

Chlosyne acastus, the sagebrush checkerspot, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae that is found in North America. They range from western United States east to Nebraska and north to southern Alberta.

Description

The adult may be often confused with the northern checkerspot (C. palla) and Hoffmann's checkerspot (C. hoffmanni). The adult's wingspan is 33–44 mm (1.3–1.7 in).

Life cycle

There is one flight that occurs between May and early September in Canada. The caterpillar of this species feeds on rabbit-brush (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus) and desert-aster (Machaeranthera species).

Subspecies

C. a. neumoegeni (Skinner, 1895)

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This entry incorporates text from “Chlosyne acastus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.