Northern Checkerspot, ssp. australomontana

This individual identified to subspecies purely by range, based on Ken Davenport's "Butterflies of Kern and Tulare Counties". Many of the individuals flying there that day were a much brighter orange-red with less yellow, but similar black markings.

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Above Bird Spring Pass, Kern County, CA, 5/31/2003