Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1193378

Variegated Fritillary
Euptoieta claudia

Observation date: September 09, 2018
Submitted by: A_baldini
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Time: 1:11 p.m. Weather: Warm, fairly calm, and mostly cloudy (it rained at one point). Habitat: Very dry upland prairie. Notes: This Variegated Fritillary was nectaring on a flowering rabbitbrush right at the start of the Well Gulch Trail. Most of the other fritillaries in the area were Speyeria sp., but none of them landed long enough to be photographed.
Status: Temporary Colonist
Verified by: A_baldini
Verified date: October 28, 2018
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): Larimer County, Colorado, United States