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Baltimore Checkerspot
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Baltimore Checkerspot

Euphydryas phaeton

The Baltimore checkerspot (Euphydryas phaeton”) is a North American butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It has been the official state insect of the U.S. State of Maryland since 1973.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58578.