Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1323734

Northwestern Fritillary
Speyeria hesperis

Observation date: August 13, 2019
Submitted by: bonfrey
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: None.
Status: Resident
Verified by: stevecary
Verified date: May 08, 2022
Coordinator notes: good job on the diagnosis. Butterflies of NM calls this nausicaa (Southwestern), as you suggested, but BAMONA has so far been unpersuaded by the published DNA work and is sticking with hesperis (Northwestern) for the time being. under either approach, this is subspecies dorothea. you show a male and a female. thanks for getting this into the database!
Checklist region(s): United States, New Mexico, Cibola County