Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1100056

Observation date: August 30, 2016
Submitted by: RichHubie
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: First sunny day in weeks along the Mendocino Coast. Saw around seven of these American Ladies. Noted a couple of these with orange "costal" or "last large bar near wingtip". Kaufman and Opler in describing West Coast Ladies states that the other ladies have a white bar. Glassberg is silent on this but shows white. Shapiro does show orange bar for a female and says that West Coast Ladies could have a white or orange bar. Confusing!
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: September 06, 2016
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): United States, California, Mendocino County