Scientific Name:  Chlosyne lacinia

Order:  Lepidoptera
Family:  Nymphalidae

Diet:  Host plants are in the composite family.

Vegetation Association:  Host plants are in the composite family; especially sunflower, giant ragweed, seep willow, and cowpen daisy.
Predators:   To be added.

Life Stages: Complete metamorphosis, egg, larvae, pupae, adult.

Notes:   Young caterpillars feed and shed their skin, or molt. The final molt produces the pupa, and then the butterfly rests.  Once free of the chrysalis, fluid from its body is pumped into its wings, the wings then are allowed to dry before it flies away to look for food and a mate.

Photo:  To be added.

To return to species list, close or minimize this window.