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Top row: Melanic Chalcedon Checkerspots; bottom row: links to additional Melanic Chalcedon Checkerspots at mariposasmexicanas.com (all images by Jim Brock)
This male emerged in the lab on 4-26-2006...
The images below are of the Variable (Chalcedon) Checkerspot. As the name suggests, they vary widely in color and pattern. The first two images were shot on Chimney Peak Rd. in Kern Co., CA. on 5-4-2005. Note the heavy white coloring in the second photo.
The remaining images were shot in the Kern River Valley on 5-5-2005 and show a variety of Variable Checkerspots nectaring, resting, taking moisture from wet sand, and even mating.
These butterflies were collected as a larva on Monkeyflower host in Newhall, CA. on 4-8-2005. The top row (first 4 pictures) show a freshly emerged male on 5-03-2005. On 5-4-2005, 4 more emerged. Pictured in the second row (last 3 pictures) are a male, a female, and the underside of the same female.
Hi-res images from the SCV collection...
Older low-res images...
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