Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis)
Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis)
Male - North Gower, ON 2011/06/26
North Gower, ON 2011/07/03
Female - North Gower, ON 2011/06/26
Male (Southern Variant) - Pinery Provincial Park, ON 2012/06/16
Member of Family: Nymphalidae
French common name: Damier argenté
In Southern Ontario, this butterfly sometimes features reduced basal dark markings, as shown in the photo at bottom right.
To see where this butterfly has been reported, visit: The Ontario Butterfly Atlas Online
For more info on this species, visit the Butterflies of Canada ( en français )