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checkerspot

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check·er·spot  (chkr-spt)
n.
Any of various butterflies of the genus Melitaea native to North America, having a spotted or checkered pattern on the wings.


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3 The natural habitat of the Edith's checkerspot butterfly, which extends from the west coast of southern Canada through northern Mexico, is shrinking.
Edith's checkerspot butterflies inhabit patches of fields, rocky hills, and alpine terraces from Baja California to British Columbia.
The emissions improvements will further reduce any possible impacts that nitrogen from the facility may have on local sensitive habitat for the Bay Checkerspot butterfly.
 
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