Silvery Checkerspot
Chlosyne nycteis (Doubleday, [1847])
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Identification: Upperside is pale yellow-orange with dark borders and markings. Hindwing above and below has some white-centered submarginal spots; hindwing below is pale with a large white crescent at the margin.
Wing Span: 1 3/8 - 2 inches (3.5 - 5.1 cm).
Life History: Males perch and patrol all day in open areas. Females lay eggs in batches of about 100 on the underside of host plant leaves. Young caterpillars move in groups as they skeletonize leaves. Partially-grown caterpillars hibernate.
Flight: One brood in the north from June-July, two broods in remainder of range from May-September. Possibly three to four broods in the Deep South and Texas.
Caterpillar Hosts: Many different composites including black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia), sunflowers (Helianthus), and wingstem (Actinomeris alternifolia).
Adult Food: Nectar from flowers of red clover, common milkweed, and dogbane.
Habitat: Moist, somewhat open places including streamsides, meadows, forest openings.
Range: Maritime Provinces west to southeast Saskatchewan; south through Wyoming and Colorado to central Arizona, southern New Mexico, south-central Texas, and Mississippi.
Conservation: Not usually required.
NCGR: G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.
Management Needs: None reported.
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Observation date: Aug 12, 2018
Submitted by: ChrissyL
Region: Carter County, Tennessee, United States
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Verified date: Aug 19, 2018
Observation date: Jul 20, 2018
Submitted by: swetmore
Region: Bullitt County, Kentucky, United States
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Verified date: Aug 14, 2018
Observation date: Jul 31, 2018
Submitted by: ChrissyL
Region: Carter County, Tennessee, United States
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Verified date: Aug 13, 2018
Observation date: Jul 11, 2017
Submitted by: ELFredrickson
Region: Madison County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: BGilley
Verified date: Aug 08, 2018
Observation date: Jul 28, 2018
Submitted by: Anne Wills
Region: West Virginia, United States
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Verified date: Aug 08, 2018
Observation date: Aug 05, 2018
Submitted by: Doug Bruce
Region: Fentress County, Tennessee, United States
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Verified date: Aug 07, 2018
Observation date: Jul 17, 2018
Submitted by: Jay Brasher
Region: Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States
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Verified date: Aug 06, 2018
Observation date: May 17, 2018
Submitted by: dspicer
Region: Dade County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Aug 04, 2018
Observation date: Aug 03, 2018
Submitted by: ChrissyL
Region: Carter County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: dbruce
Verified date: Aug 04, 2018
Observation date: Jul 31, 2018
Submitted by: ChrissyL
Region: Carter County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: dbruce
Verified date: Aug 02, 2018
Observation date: Jul 31, 2018
Submitted by: ChrissyL
Region: Carter County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: dbruce
Verified date: Aug 02, 2018
Observation date: Jul 31, 2018
Submitted by: ChrissyL
Region: Carter County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: dbruce
Verified date: Aug 02, 2018
Observation date: Jul 31, 2018
Submitted by: ChrissyL
Region: Carter County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: dbruce
Verified date: Aug 02, 2018
Observation date: Aug 02, 2018
Submitted by: Becky Byrum
Region: Delaware County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: Howell_Curtis
Verified date: Aug 02, 2018
Observation date: Jul 15, 2018
Submitted by: Dana Kennedy
Region: Highland County, Ohio, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 01, 2018
Observation date: Jul 30, 2018
Submitted by: Robert Nelson
Region: Marion County, Arkansas, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Jul 30, 2018
Observation date: Jul 23, 2018
Submitted by: Janbarie
Region: Williamson County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: dbruce
Verified date: Jul 29, 2018
Observation date: Jul 01, 2006
Submitted by: Tom Dudones
Region: New York, United States
Verified by: rosslayberry
Verified date: Jul 28, 2018
Observation date: Jul 22, 2018
Submitted by: Stephen G.
Region: Boone County, Arkansas, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Jul 27, 2018
Observation date: Jul 24, 2018
Submitted by: Janbarie
Region: Williamson County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: dbruce
Verified date: Jul 27, 2018
Observation date: Jul 18, 2018
Submitted by: ReginaS
Region: Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 27, 2018
Observation date: Jul 26, 2018
Submitted by: Steven Wilson
Region: Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 27, 2018
Observation date: Jul 11, 2018
Submitted by: Stephen G.
Region: Benton County, Arkansas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jul 25, 2018
Observation date: Jul 23, 2018
Submitted by: Robert Nelson
Region: Baxter County, Arkansas, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Jul 23, 2018
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