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Species Chlosyne rosita - Rosita Patch - Hodges#4504

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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 Chlosyne (Patches, Checkerspots)
Species rosita (Rosita Patch - Hodges#4504)
Hodges Number
4504
Other Common Names
Rosita Checkerspot
Explanation of Names
Chlosyne rosita A. Hall, 1924
Numbers
Includes four subspecies, with two just entering the United States from Mexico.
Identification
See under subspecies
Range
Mexico and Central America; southernmost Texas (ssp. browni); straying into se. Arizona and perhaps sw. New Mexico (ssp. montana).
Season
Jul-Nov in s. TX (MPG)
Food
Larva feed on plants of the family Acanthaceae. Has been recorded on Justicia in Texas. Adults are avid flower visitors, and will visit mud / puddles.
Remarks
Type locality: “Western Guatemala, Moran, 3700 ft....Palin, 3500 ft....Escuintla, 2000 ft.”
See Also
- regular stray to southern TX
Chlosyne janais (Drury)
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