Kebnat
INSECTS

Baltimore Checkerspot

Euphydryas phaeton

Insects
Native
Baltimore Checkerspot, photo 1 of 5
Baltimore Checkerspot, Caterpillar
Baltimore Checkerspot, Pupa

Butterfly or moth in the family Nymphalidae.

There are 408 observations of Baltimore Checkerspot in Québec, mostly in Outaouais, Capitale-Nationale and Estrie, and it has been reported in 15 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and become rare from August to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Outaouais98
  2. Capitale-Nationale46
  3. Estrie44
  4. Montérégie43
  5. Centre-du-Québec33
  6. Mauricie29
  7. Laurentides28
  8. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean22
  9. Chaudière-Appalaches17
  10. Bas-Saint-Laurent17
  11. Lanaudière15
  12. Montréal6
  13. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine4
  14. Laval4
  15. Côte-Nord2

What the caterpillar eats

Arrow-wood viburnumViburnum dentatum
White turtleheadChelone glabra
White ashFraxinus americana
Hairy beardtonguePenstemon hirsutus
TOXIC
English plantainPlantago lanceolata
American fly honeysuckleLonicera canadensis
TOXIC
Dwarf honeysuckleLonicera xylosteum
Canadian lousewortPedicularis canadensis
Brittlestem hempnettleGaleopsis tetrahit
Swamp fly honeysuckleLonicera oblongifolia
Allegheny monkey-flowerMimulus ringens
Maryland figwortScrophularia marilandica

Similar species

Red-spotted AdmiralLimenitis arthemis
Harris's CheckerspotChlosyne harrisii
Variegated FritillaryEuptoieta claudia
Milkweed Tussock MothEuchaetes egle
Silvery CheckerspotChlosyne nycteis
Mourning CloakNymphalis antiopa
Black SwallowtailPapilio polyxenes
Pearly Wood-nymphEudryas unio
Fall Webworm MothHyphantria cunea
Agreeable Tiger MothSpilosoma congrua
Spicebush SwallowtailPapilio troilus
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta