Observation date: July 25, 2021
Submitted by: Jon Kindschy
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: None.
Status: Resident
Verified by: mikefisher
Verified date: September 01, 2021
Coordinator notes: Your suggested ID is correct, the Northwestern Fritillary (better name is the Red-disc Fritillary because the disc on the underside of the hindwings is reddish, differing from the Atlantis Fritillary which is blackish-brown). The ssp. is electa and genetics indicates silver-spotted hesperis group butterflies can be considered a separate species group apart from hesperis (Speyeria nausicaa complex). Mike
