Common checkered skipper
Pyrgus communis
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Small checkered black-and-white skipper with rapid, low flight. Larvae feed on native mallows; common butterfly of open, weedy areas.
Plants that support Common checkered skipper
1 plants
Checker Bloom
Sidalcea malviflora
perennial herb
Larval host plant, synchronous with spring blooms
Bay Area native