Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly
- Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly
Taxobox | name = Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly
image_width = 240px
image_caption = "E. phaeton" on "Argyranthemum"
status = secure
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Nymphalidae
genus = "Euphydryas"
species = "E. phaeton"
binomial = "Euphydryas phaeton"
binomial_authority = (Drury, 1773)
The Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly, "Euphydryas phaeton", is the official state insect of the U.S. State of Maryland, and has been since 1973. [cite web |url=http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/symbols/insect.html |title=Maryland State Insect — Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly |date=2004-06-17 |publisher=Maryland State Archives] .
During its period of growth, the Checkerspot Butterfly will search for a host plant for nourishment. The Turtlehead (Chelone glabra) is the only plant that this butterfly will use to lay eggs on. [ [http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/symbols/insect.html Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly, Maryland State Insect ] ]
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