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Speyeria sp - Speyeria hesperis

Speyeria sp - Speyeria hesperis
Cienega Canyon, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
August 2, 2004
Wish I was able to get a few more shots. Squinting at range maps in field guides, I think hesperis is the only one found in the area but can't say for sure.

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Brock & Kaufman
and Glassberg put hesperis in with atlantis but BG has it as a separate species. S. nokomis is another possibility, Glassberg has it in extreme NW NM and eastern AZ. Your specimen has the yellow-green eyes of nokomis, but atlantis in the SW (?=hesperis) also has yellow-green eyes. S. atlantis otherwise has blue/gray eyes.

 
thanks Tony
I had checked with someone from NM who said that hesperis is the only one confirmed (with cybele and aphrodite as possible).

I think the new edition of Brock & Kaufman uses the Opler and Warren list, which does split hesperis. Haven't actually picked up a copy to see for sure.

 
yes hesperis
Hi, It's indeed S. hesperis. To be even more specific, it is S. hesperis dorothea. Very dark markings on this one.

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