Observation date: May 25, 2026
Date notes: Partly cloudy Lower Blanco Group Campground
Submitted by: blgreco
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: None.
Status: Resident
Verified by: mikefisher
Verified date: May 31, 2026
Coordinator notes: Your ID is correct...a newly emerged male. Genetics suggests our Northern Checkerspots are a separate species-level taxon...Chlosyne flavula. In western Colorado-eastern Great Basin is the nominate subspecies flavula (your photo). The applicable common name can now be "Rocky Mountain Checkerspot" but Northern is fine also. The species palla is now confined the the western states in the US...primarily Calif., Oregon, Wash. and southern B.C. Canada. Mike
