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  5. Butterflies and Moths
  6. Brush-footed Butterflies
  7. Patches and Allied Checkerspots
  8. Silvery Checkerspot

species 22,581 observations

Silvery Checkerspot

Chlosyne nycteis

Status
native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

320 native plants
support it in the US
  • Caterpillar hosts Plants its caterpillars eat Black-eyed Susan, Wingstem, Cutleaf Coneflower, Common Sunflower 178
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits Butterfly Milkweed, Purple Coneflower, Lance-leaved Coreopsis, Hemp Dogbane 142

Range

United States

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

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