Observation date: August 28, 2016
Submitted by: Paul Prappas
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: I did not realize that Common Checkered-Skippers were in Northern Arizona.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Paul Prappas
Verified date: November 13, 2025
Coordinator notes: This record cannot be identified with complete certainty without physical examination of a specimen. This creature is either Pyrgus communis or P. albescens. In areas where they both occur, they can only be separated by genitalic dissection.