Observation date: March 25, 2026
Submitted by: Dogoszhi
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: There were many of these out, each stopping briefly at small blooms on wild mustard, the latter possibly Descurainia pinnata. The cell-end wing bars look narrow (cf. large marble) but this was definitely not alpine habitat, so a desert marble? Location is at 6530 feet, in "Upper Sonoran" scrubland. Sunny, warm, breezy. Photo cropped to show plant on which it was nectaring.
Status: Resident
Verified by: stevecary
Verified date: March 26, 2026
Coordinator notes: Desert Marble is pretty routine in spring in mid-elevations of NW NM. too low for large marble, as you say.
