Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 614350

Silvery Checkerspot
Chlosyne nycteis

Observation date: August 14, 2011
Submitted by: Tommie Rogers
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: sixteen caterpillars feeding on purple coneflowers, deer ate most of the coneflowers that evening along with the caterpillars except for one which I placed on a plant inside a protected area until it transformed into a chrysalis and then butterfly
Status: Resident
Verified by: Don Tangren
Verified date: January 22, 2013
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): United States, Tennessee, Marion County