Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1365142

Northwestern Fritillary
Speyeria hesperis

Observation date: June 26, 2023
Submitted by: anithompson
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: None.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: November 09, 2023
Coordinator notes: Based on locality, this is either Speyeria nausicaa or Speyeria aphrodite byblis, probably nausicaa based on the date. Both live there so I am not endangering distributions if wrong. But Bamona does not yet recognize recent genomic work making nausicaa a species so using Bamona names I put this down as Speyeria hesperis which nausicaa had previously been considered a subspecies-Ken Davenport
Checklist region(s): United States, Arizona, Greenlee County