Utah Butterfly photos, Northern Checkerspot, Adult Female - Chlosyne palla eremita == palla palla black form, Terry Stoddar collected female Fields Creek Road, Gran, Oregon June 14, 2007, sent to Jack Wolfe, host plant Aster engelmanni

Northern Checkerspot ssp. eremita
Chlosyne pala eremita==Chlosyne palla palla (Black Form)
Adult Female

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Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Terry Stoddard collected a female at Fields Creek Road, NF boundary/Fields CG, Grant Oregon on June 14, 2007, ova laid on Aster engelmanni, reared to 5th instar by Jack Wolfe on same. Some call this butterfly C. palla palla, black form.

Larva
1., 2. 5th instar - dorsal, lateral

Pupa
1., 2. Pupa formed on July 24, 2007

Host Plant

Engelmann Aster - Eucephalus engelmannii