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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc. (Nymphalinae) » Melitaeini » Patches, Checkerspots (Chlosyne) » Fulvia Checkerspot - Hodges#4506 (Chlosyne fulvia)
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Out of Known Range? - Chlosyne fulvia - female
Copyright © 2010 David Moll

Out of Known Range? - Chlosyne fulvia - Female
Chino Valley Ranger District, Prescott National Forest, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
September 23, 2010
I think this is Leanira Checkerspot but seems to be out of known distribution. I tried to get a photograph of the underside but no dice. What I saw was consistent for Leanira Checkerspot: hind wing & fore wing in contrast with hind wing light, fore wing orange.

Approximately 4800 Ft elevation (1463m) in riparian habitat with walnut, ash, cottonwood, willow within pinyon-juniper woodland.
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Contributed by David Moll on 24 September, 2010 - 2:13am
Last updated 14 April, 2011 - 12:01am

Moved
Moved from Patches, Checkerspots.
… David J. Ferguson, 14 April, 2011 - 12:01am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leanira Checkerspot.

I consulted with one of the BugGuide experts concerning this specimen and decided to move it to genus level.

Some consider and have considered C. leanira and C. fulvia to be one species.

This from the consultation email is congruent with some of my final thoughts before seeking the consultation: "The Prescott area seems far enough west and north [and this was a northwest section of the Prescott National Forest] that there could perhaps be a little genetic drift from C. leanira into the local C. fulvia (???)." (DJF).

Nonetheless, the consultant, noting that no view of the underside was available, prefered C. fulvia citing the black not orange palpi, and the largely orange abdomen and as a supporting characteristic the dark ringed antennae.
… David Moll, 27 September, 2010 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

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