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Elada Checkerspot - Hodges#4513 (Microtia elada)
Photo#146504
Copyright © 2007
Tom Bentley
Elada Checkerspot -
Microtia elada
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Coronado NF - Pena Blanca Lake, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
September 15, 2007
Contributed by
Tom Bentley
on 18 September, 2007 - 8:42pm
Last updated 19 October, 2010 - 8:30pm
Moved
Moved from
Elada Checkerspot
.
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David J. Ferguson
, 19 October, 2010 - 8:30pm
Dymasia dymas
Hi, Looks like the Tiny instead of the Elada Checkerspot to me. The whitish spots near the front margin of the front wings is characteristic (I don't think I've seen that on elada. Pattern on abdomen looks more typical of D. dymas as well. Never could figure out why these get their own genera. I'd just put them both in Microtia, they are all so closely related. Saw lots of both Tiny and Elada Checkerspots together in s. Arizona (Brown Canyon) in July.
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David J. Ferguson
, 19 September, 2007 - 3:58pm
I am still torn on this one.
I am still torn on this one. When I look at the barring, it looks different on the wings. I don't know..maybe someone else will chime in.
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Tom Bentley
, 21 September, 2007 - 7:37pm
I will go home and check it o
I will go home and check it out again. I think some butterfly folks told me this was the Elada...but I will check.
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Tom Bentley
, 19 September, 2007 - 4:07pm