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: Jul 03, 2022
Submitted by: billd
Region: Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Jul 06, 2022
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Observation date: Jul 03, 2022
Submitted by: billd
Region: Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Jul 06, 2022
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Observation date: Jul 03, 2022
Submitted by: billd
Region: Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Jul 06, 2022
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Observation date: Jul 03, 2022
Submitted by: billd
Region: Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Jul 03, 2022
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Observation date: Jun 14, 2022
Submitted by: Jonathan Clark
Region: Grant Parish, Louisiana, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Jul 01, 2022
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Observation date: Jun 14, 2022
Submitted by: Jonathan Clark
Region: Grant Parish, Louisiana, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Jul 01, 2022
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Observation date: Jun 19, 2022
Submitted by: JudyLY
Region: Otero County, New Mexico, United States
Verified by: stevecary
Verified date: Jul 01, 2022
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Observation date: Jun 19, 2022
Submitted by: JudyLY
Region: Otero County, New Mexico, United States
Verified by: stevecary
Verified date: Jul 01, 2022
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Observation date: Aug 04, 2021
Submitted by: c4c
Region: Bedford County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: drerbium
Verified date: Jun 28, 2022
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Observation date: Aug 22, 2021
Submitted by: Mendrola
Region: Bath County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: drerbium
Verified date: Jun 28, 2022
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Observation date: Jun 16, 2022
Submitted by: pkondrashov
Region: Adair County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Jun 26, 2022
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Observation date: Jul 23, 2006
Submitted by: BarbSendelbach
Region: Sevier County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: BarbSendelbach
Verified date: Jun 24, 2022
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Observation date: Jul 16, 2021
Submitted by: WoodSoup
Region: Nelson County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: drerbium
Verified date: Jun 24, 2022
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Observation date: Jun 16, 2021
Submitted by: Fetzkorn
Region: Giles County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: drerbium
Verified date: Jun 24, 2022
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Observation date: Aug 20, 2020
Submitted by: KenL
Region: James City County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: drerbium
Verified date: Jun 24, 2022
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Observation date: May 19, 2022
Submitted by: c4c
Region: Salem, Virginia, United States
Verified by: drerbium
Verified date: Jun 24, 2022
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Observation date: Jun 16, 2022
Submitted by: WYbutterflyer1
Region: Laramie County, Wyoming, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Jun 17, 2022
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Observation date: Jun 13, 2022
Submitted by: John Terpstra
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: jmgesell
Verified date: Jun 13, 2022
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Observation date: Jun 10, 2022
Submitted by: Eric Hartshaw
Region: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: davidwright
Verified date: Jun 13, 2022
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Observation date: Jul 28, 2021
Submitted by: treys grammy
Region: Benton County, Arkansas, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Jun 13, 2022
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Observation date: May 23, 2022
Submitted by: Jonathan Clark
Region: Grant Parish, Louisiana, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: May 25, 2022
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Observation date: Apr 29, 2022
Submitted by: Dennis Forsythe
Region: Pickens County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: May 04, 2022
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Observation date: Jun 22, 2021
Submitted by: Bob Jacobson
Region: Chippewa County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Apr 10, 2022
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Observation date: Aug 01, 2021
Submitted by: Mapper
Region: Chase County, Kansas, United States
Verified by: azukoff
Verified date: Apr 08, 2022
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