Silvery Checkerspot Butterfly (Chlosyne nycteis)

This is video of a what I believe to be a Silvery Checkerspot Butterfly. It looks similar to the Pearl Crescent Butterfly I made a video of previously.

I obtained the following information from butterfliesandmoths.org.

Identification: Upperside is pale yellow-orange with dark borders and markings. Hindwing above and below has some white-centered submarginal spots; hindwing below is pale with a large white crescent at the margin.

Wing Span: 1 3/8 - 2 inches (3.5 - 5.1 cm).

Life History: Males perch and patrol all day in open areas. Females lay eggs in batches of about 100 on the underside of host plant leaves. Young caterpillars move in groups as they skeletonize leaves. Partially-grown caterpillars hibernate.

Flight: One brood in the north from June-July, two broods in remainder of range from May-September. Possibly three to four broods in the Deep South and Texas.

Caterpillar Hosts: Many different composites including black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia), sunflowers (Helianthus), and wingstem (Actinomeris alternifolia).

Adult Food: Nectar from flowers of red clover, common milkweed, and dogbane.

Please find more information about this and other butterflies and moths at: https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Chlosyne-nycteis

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