Rockslide Checkerspot

Chlosyne damoetas · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Nymphalidae

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Rockslide Checkerspot
Photo: jrcagle, CC BY

The rockslide checkerspot butterfly lives from British Columbia and Alberta down to Wyoming and Colorado in North America. Its caterpillars feed on the plants Erigeron leiomerus and Solidago multiradiata.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

Caterpillars eat Erigeron leiomerus. Caterpillars also eat Solidago multiradiata.

Source: Wikipedia

Life cycle

The larval stage feeds on Erigeron leiomerus and Solidago multiradiata.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 7 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, California, Maryland, Virginia.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Rockslide Checkerspot photo 2
Photo: Bob Walker, CC BY
Rockslide Checkerspot photo 3
Photo: jrcagle, CC BY
Rockslide Checkerspot photo 4
Photo: jrcagle, CC BY
Rockslide Checkerspot photo 5
Photo: jrcagle, CC BY

Same family (Nymphalidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlosyne_whitneyi_damoetas

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-27 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-27.

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