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Ornithia mexicana mexicana (Sturm) - Ornithia mexicana - male

Ornithia mexicana mexicana (Sturm) - Ornithia mexicana - Male
Santa Ana NWR, so. Alamo, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
June 6, 2010
Ornithia mexicana mexicana (Sturm)
Det. D. Heffern, 2010

The only previous US record for this spectacular species was a single specimen collected by George Vogt in 1947 near what is now Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park...