ML080280214

Butterflies and Moths of North America, Occurrence Maps, Species Accounts, Checklists, and Photographs - Baltimore

ML080280214
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Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	01/23/2008
From:	Montana State Univ
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Species Detail I Butterflies and Moths of North America Page I of 2 Butterflies and Moths of North Amer Occurrence maps, species accounts, checklists, and, photogral Home Species Detail Site Navigation Taxonomic Groups Map Search Species Search Image Gallery More Information About Acknowledgments Cite This Resource Contact Us Disclaimer FAQ Get Involved Glossary Links News Announcement We are seeking skilled lepidopterists to serve as state and regional coordinators.

Find out more.Baltimore Euphydryas phaeton (Drury, 1773 more images Documented Records for Eu Attributes of Euphydryas phaeton Family: Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae)

Subfamily:

True Brushfoots (Nymphalinae)

Identification:

Geographically variable.Upperside is black with red-orange crescents on outer margins of both wings and rows of creamy white spots inward..Li.fe-hi..st.o.ry:

Males perch near the ground to find females. Eggs are laid in groups of 100-700 under host plant leaves. Newly-hatched caterpillars move to the tip of the plant and feed together in a web which is enlarged downward as the caterpillars consume more of the plant. These caterpillars suffer high mortality from falling off the plant and from parasitism by wasps. Fourth-stage caterpillars hibernate in rolled leaves on the ground.f!.h.t: One brood; from May-June in the south, June-August in the north.Record 5WiData Unavailab].

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1 3/4 -2 3/4 inches (4.5 -7 cm).Caterpillar hosts: Plants where eggs are laid and that caterpillars eat before hibernating are turtlehead (Chelone glabra), hairy beardtongue (Penstemon hirsutus), English plantain (Plantago lanceolata), and false foxglove (Aureolaria).

After overwintering, caterpillars may continue to use these plants, but may also wander and feed on unrelated plants including arrowwood (Viburnum recognitum), common lousewort (Pedicularis canadensis), Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica), and white ash (Fraxinus americana).

Adult food: Nectar from flowers of milkweed, viburnum, and wild rose.Habitat: Wet meadows, bogs, and marshes in the northeast part of the range; dry open or wooded hillsides in the southwest.

Range: Very local. Nova Scotia west across the Great Lakes region to southeast Manitoba; south through the eastern United States to northern Georgia, northern Mississippi, and northeast Oklahoma.

Isolated records in northeast Texas and Nebraska.Conservation:

Some regional populations may be declining.

NatureServe Global Status: G4 -Apparently secure globally, though it might be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.

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