''Chlosyne hoffmanni'', or Hoffmann's checkerspot, is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

of the family Nymphalidae that is found in western North America. They range from the

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and Cascade Mountains in the U.S. to Manning Park in

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.Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman (2003) ''Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America''. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. .

Description

The adult may be often confused with the

northern checkerspot ''Chlosyne palla'', the northern checkerspot, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae that is found in North America. They range from southern British Columbia to Alberta, south to California, Utah, and Colorado, excluding Nevada.Jim P. Brock, ...

(''C. palla'' and sagebrush checkerspot (''C. acastus''). The adult's wingspan is .

Life cycle

There is one flight that occurs between June to early July in Canada. The caterpillar of this species feeds on ''

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'' species.Hoffmann's Checkerspot
Butterflies of Canada Adults feed on flower nectar.

Subspecies

*''C. h. manchada'' Bauer, 960/small>"''Chlosyne'' Butler, 1870"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *''C. h. segregata'' Barnes & McDunnough, 1918

References

External links

BugGuide: Sagebrush Checkerspot (''C. acastus''
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2964167 hoffmanni Butterflies of North America Taxa named by Hans Hermann Behr Butterflies described in 1863