Pretty normal to find differing, even contradictory ideas in the butterfly literature. In North America some literature claims that taxa like butleri, grandis, helena etc are all one species called

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Previously I have commented that the 'habitat form' interpretation of butleri and grandis does not work because butleri is not confined to tundra and grandis is not confined to forest. One does not

Interesting thought on iNaturalist about Sonoran Skipper sightings in BC. Could well be more records than at present but will need more observers out in the field. Bob P Edmonton

For anyone interested in live shots of butleri and grandis from the northwest; Ken Philip shot both in sympatry in Alaska grandis: https://flic.kr/p/Bp1gok butleri: https://flic.kr/p/CmoTEM And I have

Here is a graphic comparing Clossiana (chariclea?) butleri and Clossiana grandis in central Yukon of the pacific northwest of North America. https://flic.kr/p/NGq52c -- Norbert Kondla Calgary,

Geographic variation exists in wide-ranging butterfly species even when there are no formal scientific names for such. Here is an example in Clossiana grandis aka Boloria chariclea

Recently I shared a 2011 pic of two Clossiana specimens https://flic.kr/p/2ocLXRY In 2017 I shot the same specimens in spread form and with a different camera and photog setup. Here is how they

Nei, I inadvertently posted to NWLeps! It was intended for another list...and I goofed. No matter! Regarding fig. 23 in Opler et al, there is that one

Thanks for sharing this Jon! I read the 2022 paper with interest. Then I groaned when I saw Figure 23, the map for the A. sara group. As I read it, it documents A. sara in the northern part of the

All, To begin, I don’t assume that everyone in this audience has the same intense interest in butterfly systematics that I do. However, it is plain how important it is to Todd Stout,

And I stupidly forgot to share a link to this old little 'context' graphic of 'frigga' https://flic.kr/p/ouUm7W A taxonomic review is warranted ----- -- Norbert Kondla Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This surprise just came yesterday when I picked up a field guide ( a good one !!) and saw the treatment of Boloria frigga. Book shows a brighter dorsum bug labelled "Rockies" and a darker dorsum bug

The biggest book surprise came when I saw in another butterfly book the assertion that grandis does not get into Yukon. Never mind that other literature disagrees; I knew that was incorrect from

Using pics from my flickr site, I made a live shot collage of the Clossiana-Boloria I have imaged in northwestern North America. https://flic.kr/p/2od1WHE I have not yet live-imaged Clossiana

I was also surprised when reading another butterfly book that asserted the lesser frit taxa butleri and grandis are "habitat forms"; claiming butleri as a tundra bug and grandis as a forest bug. That

Found a 2011 photo of two Clossiana/Boloria that I collected in 2005 in Yukon. Here is the link: https://flic.kr/p/2ocLXRY In a butterfly book it is asserted that the ventral hindwing of these two

In 2014 I collected some of the common transcontinental lesser frits aka Boloria sensu lato. Got 3 of them spread right away and held a camera over them about 2 weeks later so they were still nice and

Note the unusual ventral hindwing spotting on this one. Colias are visually simple butterflies but pretty much every character shows substantial variation. This makes for challenging identification if

Found some 8 year old Colias pics that had not yet made an appearance in a graphic; so I fixed that ---- https://flic.kr/p/2ocmEb3 https://flic.kr/p/2ocgLkV -- Norbert Kondla Calgary, Alberta, Canada