Chlosyne acastus, the sagebrush checkerspot, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae that is found in North America. They range from western United States east to Nebraska and north to southern Alberta.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Chlosyne |
| Species: | C. acastus
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| Chlosyne acastus (W. H. Edwards, 1874)[1]
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Description edit
The adult may be often confused with the northern checkerspot (C. palla) and Hoffmann's checkerspot (C. hoffmanni).[3] The adult's wingspan is 33–44 mm (1.3–1.7 in).[3]
Life cycle edit
There is one flight that occurs between May and early September in Canada.[3] The caterpillar of this species feeds on rabbit-brush (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus) and desert-aster (Machaeranthera species).[1][3]
Subspecies edit
- C. a. neumoegeni (Skinner, 1895)
- C. a. sabina (Wright, 1905)
References edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chlosyne acastus.
- ^ a b c Sagebrush Checkerspot, Butterflies and Moths of North America
- ^ Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman (2003) Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-618-15312-8.
- ^ a b c d Sagebrush Checkerspot, Butterflies of Canada
External links edit
- Sagebrush checkerspot, BugGuide