Observation date: September 12, 2014
Submitted by: Robert Gorman
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: fairly large butterfly about the size of a cabbage white, yes its worn but has good markings on the underside. high mid sixties clear sky's in dry area of crooked creek about a half a mile past research center. aspens in area changing color fast due to cool nights, dropped a lot of leaves in two days time. lupine, paintbrush. sage brush. limber pine and bristle cone pine, thistle, asters, golden bush? large yellow flowering shrub. also in mono co by just a couple miles.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: September 17, 2014
Coordinator notes: What a wreck and hard to ID! I have taken September Blue Coppers at Saddlebag Lake in the Tioga Pass area. This is a little known species in the White Mts and is likely subspecies austin, a subspecies that also occurs east of Tioga Pass-Ken Davenport
