Chlosyne whitneyi damoetas

Rockslide checkerspot
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Chlosyne
Species:	C. whitneyi
Subspecies:	C. w. damoetas
Trinomial name
	Chlosyne whitneyi damoetas; (Skinner, 1902)
Synonyms
	Melitaea damoetas Skinner, 1902; Chlosyne whitneyi malcolmi Comstock, 1926; Melitaea damoeteas ab. damoetella McDunnough, 1927 (Unav.); Chlosyne whitneyi windriver Scott, 1998; Chlosyne whitneyi altalus Scott, 1998;

Chlosyne whitneyi damoetas, the rockslide checkerspot, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae that is found in North America, from British Columbia and Alberta^[2] to Wyoming^[3] and Colorado.^[1]

Life cycle

The caterpillar of this species feeds on Erigeron leiomerus and Solidago multiradiata.^[4]

^ ^a ^b "Chlosyne d. damoetas (Skinner, 1902)". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
^ "Chlosyne damoetas windriver Scot". www.butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
^ "Chlosyne damoetas altalus Scott, 1998". www.butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
^ "Chlosyne". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 2022-04-30.

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