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
Rudbeckia species are documented larval hosts for the silvery checkerspot butterfly.
Like other Rudbeckia, hosts silvery checkerspot larvae.
NC State Plant Toolbox tags Echinacea purpurea as a host plant for the silvery checkerspot butterfly (Chlosyne nycteis).
Range
Eastern and central United States.