Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 940041

White Checkered-Skipper
Burnsius albescens

Observation date: November 17, 2013
Submitted by: Robert Gorman
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: warm day 72-75 light breeze sunny blue sky. sipping minerals from mud. some different mallows around area desert mallow or apricot mallow and others.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: November 18, 2013
Coordinator notes: It is impossible to separate this species from P. communis without checking the genitalia of the males. I separate this based on locality, there are no verified records of communis I know of from San Diego County. There are LOTS of verified albescens records.
Checklist region(s): United States, California, San Diego County