Observation date: May 10, 2016
Submitted by: Mzteachuh
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: This is a shot of one of many similar butterflies enjoying a butterfly garden in a botanical garden. Itwas a clear, sunny, spring day in the low Mojave Desert, up to 85 F.
Status: Temporary Colonist
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: May 13, 2016
Coordinator notes: Not a Sleepy Orange which also occurs there. The Desert there should be the Colorado Desert. The Mojave Desert ends in Joshua Tree National Park-Ken Davenport