Observation date: March 19, 2020
Submitted by: Selwyn Quan
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Submitting to document the differences with Callophrys perplexa seen previously at the the same location (is there sexual dimorphism in this species?)
https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/sighting_details/1243294
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: March 19, 2020
Coordinator notes: It is not a case of sexual dimorphism, its a case of a wide range of individual variation within the patterns of both Callophrys dumetorum (now = Callophrys perplexa) and Callophrys viridis (the former dumetorum). The two cannot always be reliably separated. How far north perplexa (actually the southern California subspecies goes north and what nominate dumetorum is is not well established, research is needed-Ken Davenport. BAMONA names here are inaccurate.-Ken Davenport
