Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1044042

Chalcedon Checkerspot
Euphydryas chalcedona

Observation date: May 13, 2015
Submitted by: Nancy Asquith
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: It rested a while on the soil, wings open.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: May 17, 2015
Coordinator notes: Not an Edith's Checkerspot which tends to be a much more reddish butterfly with more rounded and less elongated wings, at least in subspecies luestherae which is in the Coast Ranges south of the Bay-Ken Davenport