Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1271155

Common Checkered-Skipper
Burnsius communis

Observation date: July 22, 2013
Submitted by: cjbruchman
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: None.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: August 24, 2020
Coordinator notes: Please put specific localities and counties on your submissions. With this butterfly locality may be the only way to ID the species, because it has an identical cryptic sibling: albescens. In this case, the map was good enough.-Ken Davenport
Checklist region(s): United States, California

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