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Silvery Checkerspot

Chlosyne nycteis

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Field Notes

Description:

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).

Habitat:

Small clearing in wooded area of Miller Springs Park.

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Chlosyne nycteis

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Silvery Checkerspot

Chlosyne nycteis

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bayucca
The white spots at the hindwing are typical for Chlosyne nycteis and to my knowledge it is actually the only of all these tricky Melitaeini wirh white spots. http://bugguide.net/node/view/429 Phyciodes tharos to compare and indeed very similar: http://bugguide.net/node/view/830315/bgimage

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PublishedJuly 23, 2014

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