Summary ⁶

Harris's Checkerspot (Chlosyne harrisii) is a member of the Nymphalidae family that is found in North America. They range from the Atlantic provinces, excluding Newfoundland and Labrador, to Manitoba and North Dakota south to West Virginia and Ohio. They can often be seen in bogs, meadows and almost anywhere else its host plant occurs. The typical elevations for this species range from 0–1742 feet.

Distribution ⁷

occurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

Habitat ⁸

Comments: Open, shrubby or edge areas with the foodplant ASTER UMBELLATUS including bogs, marshes, moist to wet meadows, abandoned pastures, roadside, along streams, right of ways. Less limited to wetlands in northeastern parts of range.

Migration ⁹

Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.

Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).

Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.

National nature serve conservation status ¹⁰

Canada

United States

Sources and Credits

1. no rights reserved, http://www.flickr.com/photos/vtebird/5822541922/
2. (c) Kent McFarland, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3054/5822532238_fc56f9edd2.jpg
3. (c) Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/specimen_images/ent-lepidoptera/images/2010_08_13/IMG_052192.JPG
4. (c) Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/specimen_images/ent-lepidoptera/images/2010_08_13/IMG_052217.JPG
5. (c) Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/specimen_images/ent-lepidoptera/images/2010_08_23/IMG_052749.JPG
6. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlosyne_harrisii
7. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/28797488
8. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/28797490
9. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/28797489
10. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/28797485

More Info

• iNaturalist.ca taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• BugGuide
• Butterflies and Moths of North America
• CUIC Insect Images
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• Maryland Moths
• Mass Moths
• Moth Photographers Group
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0

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