In the past a lesser frit from Boulder Creek in extreme NW British Columbia was illustrated in the literature under the name Clossiana chariclea butleri. I consider that to be a misidentification. Her

This one rates as a historical artifact. https://flic.kr/p/2oeqigx (a crude photo) Ca. 30 years ago I made distribution maps for all the Alberta butterfly species we recognized and knew about at that

For fun I just ran a map of the 'arctic fritillary' on iNaturalist for our little part of the planet; here is a screen clip of the result. One of the very few gripes I have about this reporting platfo

Here is a link to some pics of lesser frits from Harts Pass in Washington state. https://flic.kr/p/2oeiisG Butterflies of BC book 2001 showed the distribution of this taxon as it was known at the time

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 ch

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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 ha

Found some old skipper pics that I turned into graphics --- https://flic.kr/p/2obWuGU https://flic.kr/p/2obWuHv https://flic.kr/p/2obUgbg -- Norbert Kondla Calgary, Alberta, Canada (elevation 1060 met

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, Alberta

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 grandis. https://fl

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 looked

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, Harry Pavulaan &

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 (elevat

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 l

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 perso

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 alberta,

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 tax

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