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CHECKERSPOT [2 records]

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Record 1 2012-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Climatology
CONT

At Jasper Ridge, the butterflies thrived on three distinct patches of serpentine, none larger than a few football fields. The checkerspot extinctions show that even a protected area with the right soil and plants may not be enough to save a population. Weiss believes the extra saving factor is topoclimate. A "topoclimate" can be as large as a hillside, as small as a hummock : It's a location where the sun hits the ground at a certain angle on a certain day of the year.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Climatologie
DEF

[...] climat local pour lequel l'orographie constitue l'un des critères principaux d'identification, par exemple : climat d'une vallée, d'une plaine, d'un versant montagneux.

Key term(s)
  • topo-climat

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Climatología
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Record 2 1994-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
OBS

Not an officially sanctioned name of a butterfly, but rather a generic name given to a specific grouping of butterflies within the Nymphalidae family. Examples : Silvery Checkerspot(Charidryas nycteis nycteis), Harris’ Checkerspot(Charidryas harisii albimontona), Chalcedon Checkerspot(Euphydryas chalcedona).

Key term(s)
  • checkspot butterfly

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
OBS

Terme normalement qualifié et qui ne se trouve guère tout seul, quoiqu'il soit possible de trouver des contextes ou le spécifique est omis. Exemples de ce groupement : damier argenté, damier de Harris, etc.

Spanish

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