Observation date: April 22, 2025
Submitted by: MAKI
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Observed several of these checkerspots along the 2.5-mile-long trail.
Ken, the paper I referenced for the CA Dogface on Santa Rosa Island is Scott Miller's 1984/1985 California's Channel Islands Butterflies, Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/49e7/1257f789ae8b5464126abb45cc9a94472a6b.pdf
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: April 24, 2025
Coordinator notes: Yes, Scott Miller's publication is now outdated. Your Gabb's Checkerspot was also given a subspecies name"atrifasciata Hawks & John Emmel, the type locality is Santa Cruz Island, La Cascada in 1998. Mainland populations are the nominate: Chlosyne gabbii gabbii.-Ken Davenport
