Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1302671

White Checkered-Skipper
Burnsius albescens

Observation date: July 23, 2021
Submitted by: JudyLY
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: None.
Status: Resident
Verified by: stevecary
Verified date: July 28, 2021
Coordinator notes: Judy, I think you know the story with this species-pair: White and Common Checkered-skippers are visually identical and separable only with a microscope. So a photo is inadequate for ID purposes. With that said, I am approving it anyway just to get the species-pair into the database. Keep submitting these in the hope that one will be a third species: Desert Checkered-skipper.
Checklist region(s): United States, New Mexico