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  Sighting 1326034

Milbert's Tortoiseshell
Aglais milberti

Observation date: May 31, 2022
Submitted by: Marta Reece
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: On wet soil at one of the last wet spots in Ice Canyon. A hot and dry day without much wind.
Status: Resident
Verified by: stevecary
Verified date: June 02, 2022
Coordinator notes: as you thought, this is a new species for Dona Ana County, a southward range extension, and probably a low elevation record as well. I wonder if they reside up in the highest country and this one just come down to water. or maybe it flew in from the Sacramentos, but that's quite a flight . . . thanks, Marta!
Checklist region(s): United States, New Mexico, Doña Ana County

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