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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc. (Nymphalinae) » Melitaeini » Checkerspots (Euphydryas) » Edith's Checkerspot - Hodges#4520 (Euphydryas editha)

Species Euphydryas editha - Edith's Checkerspot - Hodges#4520

Classification · Hodges Number · Range · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References
Edith's Checkerspot - Euphydryas editha - female Buckeye or Checkerspot or...? - Euphydryas editha Euphydryas editha caterpillar - Euphydryas editha Checkerspot - Euphydryas editha Lepidoptera 7-28-11 02a - Euphydryas editha Edith's Checkerspot, Euphydryas editha - Euphydryas editha - male Edith's Checkerspot - Euphydryas editha Euphydryas editha luestherae - Euphydryas editha - female
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Subfamily Nymphalinae (Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc.)
Tribe Melitaeini
Genus Euphydryas (Checkerspots)
Species editha (Edith's Checkerspot - Hodges#4520)
Hodges Number
4520
Range
Western US.
Habitat
Grasslands and rocky outcrops found in the mountains
Food
Families Scrophulariaceae, Valerianaceae, Plantaginaceae, and Caprifoliaceae.
Life Cycle
Larvae live and feed together in loose silk webs, enter diapause in spring. It hibernates as larvae and emerges next spring. Males typically emerge four to eight days prior to the emergence of females
Remarks
Taylor’s checkerspot (Euphydryas editha taylori) is in imminent danger of going extinct.
Internet References
Animal Diversity
The Xerces Society
Contributed by tom murray on 10 July, 2008 - 5:18pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 15 August, 2017 - 8:11am

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