''Chlosyne acastus'', the sagebrush checkerspot, is a

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of the family

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that is found in North America. They range from western United States east to

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and north to southern

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.Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman (2003) ''Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America''. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. .

Description

The adult may be often confused with the northern checkerspot (''C. palla'') and Hoffmann's checkerspot (''C. hoffmanni''). The adult's wingspan is .

Life cycle

There is one flight that occurs between May and early September in Canada. The caterpillar of this species feeds on rabbit-brush (''

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'') and desert-aster ('' Machaeranthera'' species).Sagebrush Checkerspot
Butterflies of Canada

Subspecies

*''C. a. neumoegeni'' (Skinner, 1895) *''C. a. sabina'' (Wright, 1905)

References

External links

Sagebrush checkerspot
BugGuide {{Taxonbar, from=Q2964165 Butterflies of North America

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Taxa named by William Henry Edwards Butterflies described in 1874 Lepidoptera of Canada Lepidoptera of the United States