Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1378376

Chalcedon Checkerspot
Euphydryas chalcedona

Observation date: April 18, 2024
Submitted by: dvollmar
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: about 4600ft elevation on the High view nature trail in Joshua Tree National Park. This is a repeat submission of Sighting 1378330. In that submission you requested more location information to make a better subspecies identification. The location/pin drop is pretty accurate to where we were.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: April 26, 2024
Coordinator notes: Map locations don't show up as a locality at my end....so this must be corralensis or something similar. If in Joshua Tree National Park, it would not be actual corralensis but its definitely not subspecies hennei, a blacker subspecies-Ken Davenport