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title: "Silvery Checkerspot"
description: "Chlosyne nycteis — Insetti e ragni. Chlosyne nycteis, the silvery checkerspot, is a species of Nymphalinae butterfly that occurs in North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/silvery-checkerspot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Silvery Checkerspot

> Chlosyne nycteis — Insetti e ragni. Chlosyne nycteis, the silvery checkerspot, is a species of Nymphalinae butterfly that occurs in North America.

- Scientific name: *Chlosyne nycteis*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 22737
- Wikidata: [Q3012869](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3012869)
- iNaturalist taxon: [62978](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62978)

## Names

- en: Silvery Checkerspot
- fr: Damier argenté

## Countries with the most observations

US (18241), CA (1178)

## Summary

Chlosyne nycteis, the silvery checkerspot, is a species of Nymphalinae butterfly that occurs in North America. In the United States, it is listed as a species of special concern in Connecticut and Maine, and is believed to be extirpated in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlosyne_nycteis

## Photo

![Silvery Checkerspot](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/silvery-checkerspot/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andy Wilson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30868692

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/silvery-checkerspot?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).