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  Sighting 1249920

Common Checkered-Skipper
Burnsius communis

Observation date: May 07, 2017
Submitted by: mouser
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: None.
Status: Resident
Verified by: stevecary
Verified date: June 04, 2020
Coordinator notes: this is the routine checkered-skipper in our neck of the woods. Unfortunately it is has a tag-team partner, White Checkered-skipper, from which it cannot be distinguished with use of a microscope. So photos cannot be IDed with certainty. I'll call it Common Checkered-skipper, but know that is a guess.
Checklist region(s): United States, New Mexico, Los Alamos County

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