Observation date: August 16, 2025
Submitted by: jamesvonloh
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Individual initially perched in a screwbean mesquite tree then flew to a peachleaf willow tree during the photography session near the large pond. Location is the La Mancha Wetland Restoration Project site along the Rio Grande levee west of Mesilla, NM. The morning was warming, calm, and under full sun.
Status: Resident
Verified by: stevecary
Verified date: January 13, 2026
Coordinator notes: a recent article in Lep Soc Journal suggests Desert Viceroy could be a species distinct from regular Viceroy, which we have in northern NM.
