Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1013178

Sandhill Skipper
Polites sabuleti

Observation date: September 13, 2014
Submitted by: Robert Gorman
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: high mid sixties, scattered clouds, grassy meadow edged by willows, cotton woods, aspen, bristle cone pines, limber pine, currents, sage (great basin), large yellow shrubs, lupine, coyote mint, paint brush, dry except two springs and a stream that comes bubbling up from under ground. yellow monkey flower in beginning of spring that turned into stream.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: September 17, 2014
Coordinator notes: Subspecies albamontana-Ken Davenport
Checklist region(s): United States, California, Mono County