Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1368133

Mexican Cloudywing
Thorybes mexicana

Observation date: July 12, 2023
Submitted by: ncrosbyrd
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: None.
Status: Resident
Verified by: mikefisher
Verified date: September 10, 2023
Coordinator notes: Correct ID...as far as the BAMONA species list goes (but as I just noted...the list needs to be updated). Genomics says our cloudywing is a different species, not mexicana but dobra. Use to be thought both mexicana and nevada were separate species in Colorado but nevada was later combined with mexicana as a subspecies. Now, Colorado has dobra (not nevada) and nevada is the species found in the Sierra of California. Mike
Checklist region(s): United States, Colorado, Park County