Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 938361

Observation date: October 15, 2012
Submitted by: Robert Gorman
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: nectaring on milkweed and advertising her scent, warm clear day, on tropical milk weed, in pollinator garden. build it and they will come.
Status: Stray
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: October 25, 2013
Coordinator notes: We had 5 Queens in the southern Sierra Wednesday, over 100 Purplish Coppers and a single Mallow Scrub Hairstreak...plus the latest San Emigdio Blue on record.
Checklist region(s): United States, California, Orange County