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Title
Checkerspot Butterfly
Artist
Janis Knight
Medium
Photograph - Color Digital
Description
A Checkerspot butterfly perches at the end of a Virginia Creeper at the Oxbow Nature Study Area in Reno Nevada. Checkerspot are in a group of small to medium-size butterflies with distinctive orange, black, and brown checkered patterning on their wings. Some common species of checkerspots are among the most familiar butterflies. As a group, they are found on all continents except Africa, Antarctica, and Australia. Worldwide there are 42 species of checkerspots and in North America, there are 27 species.
Checkerspots are included in the genera Euphedryas and Chlosyne in the butterfly family Nymphalidae. The Chalcedon checkerspot is Euphedryas chalcedona. Checkerspots are closely related to the crescent and patch butterflies.
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June 26th, 2014
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