''Chlosyne gabbii'', or Gabb's checkerspot, is a
butterfly from the family
Nymphalidae.
Subspecies
* ''Chlosyne gabbii gabbii''
* ''Chlosyne gabbii atrifasciata''
Emmel & Mattoon, 1998[
]
Description
''Chlosyne gabbii'' has a wingspan of about .[Bugguide]
/ref> The upperside of the wings is checkered with bright orange-brown and black, while the underside of hindwing shows pearly-white spots. Females are lighter than the males. Adults can be encountered from May to July.[Butterflies and Moths of North America]
/ref>
Larvae feed on ''Corethrogyne filaginifolia
''Corethrogyne'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Its only species is ''Corethrogyne filaginifolia'' (syn. ''Lessingia filaginifolia''), known by the common names common sandaster and California aster.
Descrip ...
'', ''Heterotheca grandiflora
''Heterotheca grandiflora'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name silk-grass goldenaster or telegraphweed. It is native to the southwestern United States ( California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona) and nor ...
'' and ''Haplopappus squarrosus
''Hazardia squarrosa'' is a North American species of shrub in the family Asteraceae known by the common name sawtooth goldenbush. It is native to California in the United States and Baja California in Mexico.
''Hazardia squarrosa'' grows in ...
''.[
]
Distribution
This very rare species can be found in California in the western United States.["''Chlosyne'' Butler, 1870"]
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' It is threatened throughout its range.
References
External links
Butterflies described in 1863
gabbii
Butterflies of North America
Taxa named by Hans Hermann Behr
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