Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1351138

Chalcedon Checkerspot
Euphydryas chalcedona

Observation date: May 04, 2019
Date notes: Aliso Canyon Hike - Sage Hill, Paradise Rd, Los Padres National Forest
Submitted by: outdooryuri
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: seen in the Aliso Cyn lower dry creek bed. approx. 1000 ft above sea level
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: January 14, 2023
Coordinator notes: Your photo appears to be nominate chalcedona and I myself visited Aliso and Bates Canyon last spring. Nominate editha occurs on the coastal plain in that county and luestherae may or may not occur in the Sierra Madre. No one has collected the inland ranges editha in Santa Barbara County...Ken Davenport