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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) » Gorgone Checkerspot - Hodges#4489 (Chlosyne gorgone)
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One of the western Buck Moths ? No! - Chlosyne gorgone
Copyright © 2005 john and jane balaban

One of the western Buck Moths ? No! - Chlosyne gorgone
Just north of Denver, in Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
August 6, 1972
We found a large group of caterpillars feeding on annual sunflower, Helianthus annuus. They seemed to be buck moths but we couldn't identify the species. Of course, we could be completely wrong!

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One of the western Buck Moths ? No! - Chlosyne gorgone One of the western Buck Moths ? No! - Chlosyne gorgone
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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 16 January, 2005 - 5:00pm
Last updated 9 June, 2010 - 8:10pm

Moved
Moved from Chlosyne.
… john and jane balaban, 7 April, 2008 - 8:24pm login or register to post comments

Gorgone Checkerspot - Chlosyne gorgone
The range is a little too far north for Bordered Patch. Your orange ones have a black line, and the dark ones aren't the right pattern for Bordered.
The Gorgone's foodplant is sunflower also, and the range is all over Colorado. Check out this picture and see what you think.
And here's a little more info on range and foodplant from Nearctica.
… tom murray, 8 November, 2005 - 9:46pm login or register to post comments

 
agree with Tom
I agree with Tom. These are definitely Chlosyne gorgone.
… David J. Ferguson, 7 April, 2008 - 5:30pm login or register to post comments

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