Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1334279

Observation date: July 21, 2022
Submitted by: madamirie
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Found in the chaparral on the side of a hot dusty trail in full sun
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: July 22, 2022
Coordinator notes: It is a California Ringlet, it turned out Coenonympha tullia is only in Alaska and NW Canada in North America, so this will be Coenonympha california. I used to find these in an empty field when I lived in Salinas briefly in 1965-Ken Davenport
Checklist region(s): United States, California, Monterey County