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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Butterflies and Moths
  6. Brush-footed Butterflies
  7. Checkerspots
  8. Variable Checkerspot

species 25,057 observations

Variable Checkerspot

Euphydryas chalcedona

Status
presumed native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

1,094 native plants
support it in the US
  • Caterpillar hosts Plants its caterpillars eat Orange Bush Monkeyflower, Chaparral Beardtongue, California Beeplant, Felt Paintbrush 265
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits California Buckeye, California Yerba Santa, Common Yarrow, Golden Yarrow 829

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

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