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Chalcedon (variable) Checkerspot [Euphydryas chalcedona] Adult Insect Images

Hi-res images of mounted specimens from the SCV collection: male, female, female underside (verso), and several shots of assorted mounted specimens.

Chalcedon Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona) male butterfly image

Chalcedon Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona) female butterfly image

Chalcedon Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona) female (underside) butterfly image

Chalcedon Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona) butterflies, set of four

Chalcedon Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona) mounted adult butterfly

The first image shows a male which emerged in the lab on 4-26-2006. The remaining images show an adult nectaring on flowers near the Bear Divide ranger station in the San Gabriel mountains of southern California.

Chalcedon Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona) butterfly nectaring at Bear Divide

These butterflies were collected as a larva on Monkeyflower host in Newhall, CA. on 4-8-2005. The first 4 pictures show a freshly emerged male on 5-03-2005. On 5-4-2005, 4 more adults emerged. Pictured in the last 3 images are a male, a female, and the underside of the same female.

Chalcedon Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona) butterfly image

Top row: Melanic Chalcedon Checkerspots; bottom row Melanic Chalcedon Checkerspots (small images only) by Jim Brock

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.

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