Silvery checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis)

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Silvery checkerspot

Chlosyne nycteis

Butterfly

Small orange-and-black checkerspot whose larvae feed on Echinacea, Rudbeckia, and other native composites in the Asteraceae family. NC State Plant Toolbox's tags reference this species as one of the butterfly larvae supported by purple coneflower.

Plants in the catalog

Larval host plants · 3

Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia fulgida

Documented

Rudbeckia species are documented larval hosts for the silvery checkerspot butterfly.

Cutleaf coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Documented

Like other Rudbeckia, hosts silvery checkerspot larvae.

Purple coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Documented

NC State Plant Toolbox tags Echinacea purpurea as a host plant for the silvery checkerspot butterfly (Chlosyne nycteis).

Range

Eastern and central United States.

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