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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 » Patches, Checkerspots (Chlosyne) » Bordered Patch - Hodges#4499 (Chlosyne lacinia)

Species Chlosyne lacinia - Bordered Patch - Hodges#4499

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 lacinia (Bordered Patch - Hodges#4499)

Hodges Number

4499

Other Common Names

Naranjita

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Chlosyne lacinia (Geyer)

Orig. Comb: Araschnia lacinia Geyer, 1837

Explanation of Names

lacinia (L). 'a flap' (1)

Size

wingspan 35-51 mm

Identification

Adult: "Variable. Upperside is black with a very wide orange or cream median band and small orange or white postmedian spots. Underside of hindwing is black with a yellow to cream-colored median band, small white postmedian spots, and large cream-colored marginal spots. Red spot near abdomen is usually separate from the median band." [BAMONA]

larvae variable as well:

Range

sw US (CA-TX-NE-NV) / Mex. - Map - (MPG),(BG data), most common: AZ to TX

Habitat

Pinyon or oak woodlands, fields, road edges, fencerows.

Season

Mostly : Apr-Nov - MPG

Food

Larvae (caterpillars) feed on Sunflower (Helianthus), Great Ragweed (Ambrosia trifida), Crownbeard (Verbesina), Cocklebur (Xanthium), and other related Asteraceae.

Life Cycle

One of the most frequently encountered predators was a metallic-blue pentatomid bug, Stiretrus anchorago (Fabricius). Most often attacking third and fourth instar larvae, these bugs would sometimes almost completely destroy a brood.(2)

- Range: se US to NM

Stiretrus anchorago (Fabricius)

Remarks

Type locality: Mexico

Print References

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Drummond, III, B.A., G.L. Bush and T.C. Emmel. 1970. The biology and laboratory culture of Chlosyne lacinia Geyer (Nymphalidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 24(2): 135-142.(2)

Neck, R.W. 1973. Foodplant ecology of the butterfly Chlosyne lacinia (Geyer) (Nymphalidae). I. Larval foodplants. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 27: 22-33.

Neck, R.W. 1976. Larval morph variation in Chlosyne lacinia (Nymphalidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 30: 91-94.

Neck, R.W. 1977. Foodplant ecology of the butterfly Chlosyne lacinia (Geyer) Nymphalidae; II. Additional larval food plant data. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 16(2):69-74.

Neck, R.W. 1977. Foodplant ecology of the butterfly Chlosyne lacinia (Geyer) (Nymphalidae) III. Adult resources. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 16 (3): 147-154.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Butterflies of America - BOA

Butterflies and Moths of North America - BAMONA

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	The biology and laboratory culture of Chlosyne lacinia Geyer (Nymphalidae). Drummond, III, B.A., G.L. Bush and T.C. Emmel. 1970. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 24(2): 135-142.

3.	Butterflies of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides) Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman. 2003. Houghton Mifflin Co.

4.	Butterflies Through Binoculars: The West : A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Western North America (Butterflies and Others Thr Jeffrey Glassberg. 2001. Oxford University Press.

Contributed by tom murray on 15 August, 2005 - 8:19pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, ghanley1, Mike Quinn, David Ferguson
Last updated 11 October, 2021 - 7:39pm

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