Observation date: July 25, 2022
Submitted by: MAKI
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: This is the Sighting 1336628 photo, plus two new photos showing portions of the top side of this butterfly. Hopefully, they show enough to assist in I.D.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: August 02, 2022
Coordinator notes: Since only chalcedona is confirmed in the Trinity Alps and not colon, I have to go with that. None of the specimens I sent in for DNA work are from the Trinities and collecting is not permitted in state parks in which some of the areas you were in may be.-Ken Davenport See Shapiros paper on the Trinity Alps in the Journal of Research of the Lepidoptera in the 1979-1981 time frame for names for Euphydryas. A subspecies of chalcedona up there has been named since in 1998, yours may or may not be that, that depends on specific locality.
