but I forgot about it. Now in retrospect, and coming back to it fresh, I think it is indeed S. callippe. Sorry about the long delay.

Based solely on location, I think it is referable to ssp. rupestris rather than juba. However, I have absolutely no idea what makes ssp. inornata, juba, laurana, macaria, and rupestris different from one another. They all come from along the Sierra Nevada, forming a continuum, and they all look pretty much the same (the intensity of color varies individually, and frequency of silvering of the spots underneath is variable from place to place but varies from individual to individual too). The southernmost ones in Kern County average paler, but it is only an average difference, with the range of variation not that different from further north. So, the name I used here has more to do with proximity to where the name was described than anything else.

Moved from Speyeria mormonia mormonia.

Though the front wings are more pointed than usual.

Moved from ID Request.

At first i was thinking genus Poladryas, but based on the organization of the "spots," my assumption is that you are correct.