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Arizona: Second Spring

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Cumulative Checklist

With Jon Dunn as leader

  • Column A = number of tours out of nine on which this species has been recorded
  • Column B = number of days this species was seen on the 2010 tour
  • Column C = maximum daily count for this species on the 2010 tour
  • Column D = Heard only N = nest observed Y = dependent young observed

This list has taxonomic notes.

A B C D
8 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 3 4 Dendrocygna autumnalis
1 Ross's Goose Chen rossii
2 Gadwall Anas strepera
4 American Wigeon Anas americana
7 Mallard 1 10 Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos
9 "Mexican" Mallard 4 15 Anas platyrhynchos diazi
4 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
7 Cinnamon Teal 2 1 Anas cyanoptera
1 Northern Shoveler 1 1 Anas clypeata
1 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
3 Redhead Aythya americana
1 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
1 Greater Scaup Aythya marila
3 Lesser Scaup 2 1 Aythya affinis
9 Ruddy Duck 1 6 Oxyura jamaicensis
9 Scaled Quail 3 2 Callipepla squamata pallida
9 Gambel's Quail 8 20 Y Callipepla gambelii
8 Montezuma Quail 1 2 Cyrtonyx montezumae
5 Wild Turkey 1 3 Melagris gallopavo merriamii
4 Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
8 Pied-billed Grebe 1 6 Y Podilymbus podiceps
3 Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
1 American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
3 Brown Pelican 1 1 Pelecanus occidentalis
6 Neotropic Cormorant 1 10 Phalacrocorax brasilianus
4 Double-crested Cormorant 1 1 Phalacrocorax auritus
1 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
9 Great Blue Heron 4 1 Ardea herodias
6 Great Egret 1 1 Ardea alba
4 Snowy Egret 1 1 Egretta thula
2 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
1 Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
1 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
6 Green Heron 1 4 Butorides virescens
5 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
5 White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
1 Glossy x White-faced Ibis Plegadis falcinellus x chihi
6 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
9 Turkey Vulture 9 25 Cathartes aura
1 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
1 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
9 Mississippi Kite 1 2 Ictinia mississippiensis
2 Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
2 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
9 Cooper's Hawk 3 2 Accipiter cooperii
4 Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentiles apache
9 Gray Hawk 4 2 Asturina nitida
9 Common Black-Hawk 1 1 Buteogallus anthracinus
9 Harris's Hawk 1 3 Parabuteo unicinctus
6 Short-tailed Hawk 1 2 Buteo brachyurus
9 Swainson's Hawk 7 8 Buteo swainsoni
9 Zone-tailed Hawk 3 3 Buteo albonotatus
9 Red-tailed Hawk 6 10 Buteo jamaicensis fuertesi
4 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
9 American Kestrel 5 4 Falco sparverius
4 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum
5 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
9 American Coot 1 15 Y Fulica americana
9 Killdeer 4 20 Charadrius vociferus
9 Black-necked Stilt 1 35 Y Himantopus mexicanus
9 American Avocet 1 75 Y Recurvirostra americana
8 Spotted Sandpiper 2 1 Actitis macularius
5 Greater Yellowlegs 1 4 Tringa melanoleuca
4 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 1 Tringa flavipes
6 Long-billed Curlew 1 1 Numenius americanus
1 Sanderling Calidris alba
1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 1 Calidris pusilla
8 Western Sandpiper 1 40 Calidris mauri
8 Least Sandpiper 1 15 Calidris minutilla
7 Baird's Sandpiper 1 4 Calidris bairdii
3 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
7 Long-billed Dowitcher 1 2 Limnodromus scolopaceus
9 Wilson's Phalarope 1 75 Phalaropus tricolor
2 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
1 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
3 California Gull Larus californicus
1 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
1 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
9 Rock Pigeon 6 100 Columba livia
9 Band-tailed Pigeon 2 5 Patagioenas fasciata
6 Eurasian Collared-Dove 8 20 Streptopelia decaocto
9 White-winged Dove 9 80 Zenaida asiatica
9 Mourning Dove 9 60 Zenaida macroura
9 Inca Dove 1 5 Columbina inca
9 Common Ground-Dove 3 4 Columbina passerina pallescens
9 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 1 Coccyzus americanus
9 Greater Roadrunner 4 6 Geococcyx californianus
5 Barn Owl 1 1 H N Tyto alba
7 Western Screech-Owl Megascops kennicottii
9 Whiskered Screech-Owl 1 1 Megascops trichopsis
7 Great Horned Owl 2 2 Bubo virginianus
5 "Mountain" Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma gnoma
9 Elf Owl 1 1 N Micrathene whitneyi whitneyi
9 Burrowing Owl 1 1 Athene cunicularia hypugaea
7 Spotted Owl 2 2 Strix occidentalis lucida
1 Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
9 Lesser Nighthawk 3 8 Chordeiles acutipennis
2 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
7 Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
3 Buff-collared Nightjar Caprimulgus ridgwayi
8 Mexican Whip-poor-will 1 2 Caprimulgus arizonae arizonae
9 White-throated Swift 3 20 Aeronautes saxatalis
9 Broad-billed Hummingbird 8 20 Cynanthus latirostris
7 White-eared Hummingbird 1 2 Hylocharis leucotis
6 Berylline Hummingbird 1 1 Amazilia beryllina
9 Violet-crowned Hummingbird 3 4 Amazilia violiceps
9 Blue-throated Hummingbird 2 1 Lampornis clemenciae
9 Magnificent Hummingbird 7 4 Eugenes fulgens
1 Magnificent x Berylline Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens x Amazilia beryllina
1 Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
7 Lucifer Hummingbird 2 1 Calothorax lucifer
9 Black-chinned Hummingbird 6 20 Archilochus alexandri
9 Anna's Hummingbird 5 15 Calypte anna
7 Costa's Hummingbird 4 2 Calypte costae
4 Calliope Hummingbird 1 1 Stellula calliope
9 Broad-tailed Hummingbird 2 1 Selasphorus platycercus
7 Rufous Hummingbird 1 1 Selasphorus rufus
4 Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
7 Rufous or Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus or sasin
9 Elegant Trogon 1 2 Trogon elegans
9 Acorn Woodpecker 8 10 Melanerpes f. formicivorus
9 Gila Woodpecker 7 10 Melanerpes uropygialis
9 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 4 2 Picoides scalaris
9 Hairy Woodpecker 2 3 Picoides villosus icastus
9 Arizona Woodpecker 3 2 Picoides arizonae
9 "Red-shafted" Northern Flicker 5 4 Colaptes auratus collaris
9 Gilded Flicker 1 2 Colaptes chrysoides
1 Gilded x "Red-shafted Flicker" 1 2 C. auratus collaris x C. chyrsoides
9 Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet 3 1 Camptostoma imberbe ridgwayi
9 Greater Pewee 1 2 Contopus pertinax
9 Western Wood-Pewee 6 25 Y Contopus sordidulus
9 Cordilleran Flycatcher 3 4 Empidonax occidentalis
9 Buff-breasted Flycatcher 1 5 Empidonax fulvifrons
9 Black Phoebe 6 4 Sayornis nigricans
9 Say's Phoebe 4 1 Sayornis saya
9 Vermilion Flycatcher 5 4 Pyrocephalus rubinus
9 Dusky-capped Flycatcher 7 7 Myiarchus tuberculifer olivascens
9 Ash-throated Flycatcher 7 10 Myiarchus cinerascens
9 Brown-crested Flycatcher 6 3 Myiarchus tyrannulus magister
9 Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher 2 3 Myiodynastes luteiventris
9 Tropical Kingbird 1 2 Tyrannus melancholicus
9 Cassin's Kingbird 9 20 Y Tyrannus vociferans
9 Thick-billed Kingbird 1 1 Tyrannus crassirostris
9 Western Kingbird 7 20 Tyrannus verticalis
2 Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae albiventris
9 Loggerhead Shrike 2 2 Lanius ludovicianus
3 Gray Vireo 1 1 Vireo vicinior
9 Bell's Vireo 6 5 Vireo bellii arizonae
9 Plumbeous Vireo 4 4 Vireo plumbeus plumbeus
9 Hutton's Vireo 3 3 Vireo huttoni stephensi
4 Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
1 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
9 "Long-crested" Steller's Jay 3 3 Cyanocitta stelleri macrolopha
9 Western Scrub-Jay 2 3 Aphelocoma californica nevadae
9 Mexican Jay 8 20 Aphelocoma ultramarina arizonae
9 Chihuahuan Raven 4 4 Corvus cryptoleucus
9 Common Raven 8 8 N Corvus corax
8 Horned Lark 1 3 Eremophila alpestris
9 Purple Martin 1 6 Progne subis hesperia
8 Tree Swallow 1 1 Tachycineta bicolor
9 Violet-green Swallow 4 6 Tachycineta thalassina
9 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 6 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
3 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
9 Cliff Swallow 4 20 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
3 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota melanogaster
9 Barn Swallow 7 80 Hirundo rustica
1 Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli gambeli
9 Mexican Chickadee 2 4 Poecile sclateri
9 Bridled Titmouse 3 3 Baeolophus wollweberi
9 Juniper Titmouse 1 1 Baeolophus ridgwayi
9 Verdin 5 2 Auriparus flaviceps
8 "Lead-colored" Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus plumbeus
9 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 1 H Sitta canadensis
9 White-breasted Nuthatch 7 10 Sitta carolinensis nelsoni
9 Pygmy Nuthatch 2 6 Sitta pygmaea melanotis
9 Brown Creeper 2 2 Certhia americana albescens
3 Brown Creeper Certhia americana montana
9 Cactus Wren 5 4 Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
8 Rock Wren 1 2 Salpinctes obsoletus
9 Canyon Wren 4 2 Catherpes mexicanus
1 Sinaloa Wren Thryothorus sinaloa
9 Bewick's Wren 3 4 Thryomanes bewickii eremophilus
8 House Wren 3 6 N Troglodytes aedon
5 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 1 Polioptila caerulea amoenissima
9 Black-tailed Gnatcatcher 1 3 Polioptila melanura lucida
7 Black-capped Gnatcatcher Polioptila nigriceps
5 "Azure" Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis fulva
1 Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana bairdi
9 Hermit Thrush 4 10 Catharus guttatus auduboni
9 American Robin 4 6 Turdus migratorius propinquus
9 Northern Mockingbird 7 25 Mimus polyglottos
9 Bendire's Thrasher 1 4 Toxostoma bendirei
9 Curve-billed Thrasher 5 5 Toxostoma curvirostre palmeri
8 Curve-billed Thrasher 3 3 Toxostoma curvirostre oberholseri
9 Crissal Thrasher 1 4 Toxostoma crissale
9 European Starling 2 50 Sturnus vulgaris
9 Phainopepla 7 30 Phainopepla nitens
9 Olive Warbler 1 5 Peucedramus taeniatus
7 Virginia's Warbler Oreothlypis virginiae
9 Lucy's Warbler 5 12 Oreothlypis luciae
9 Yellow Warbler 4 7 Dendroica petechia sonorana
5 "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 3 Dendroica coronata memorabilis
9 Black-throated Gray Warbler 3 2 Dendroica nigrescens
9 Grace's Warbler 2 4 Dendroica graciae
9 Common Yellowthroat 2 2 Geothlypis trichas
8 Red-faced Warbler 1 2 Cardellina rubrifrons
9 Painted Redstart 4 4 Myioborus pictus
9 Yellow-breasted Chat 6 6 Icteria virens auricollis
9 Spotted Towhee 5 8 Pipilo maculatus montanus
8 Rufous-crowned Sparrow 1 10 Aimophila ruficeps scotti
9 Canyon Towhee 7 3 Melozone fusca
9 Abert's Towhee 4 2 Melozone aberti
9 Rufous-winged Sparrow 1 2 Peucaea carpalis carpalis
8 Cassin's Sparrow 2 2 Peucaea cassinii
9 Botteri's Sparrow 1 1 Peucaea botterii arizonae
4 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
8 Black-chinned Sparrow 1 1 Spizella atrogularis
9 Lark Sparrow 2 4 Chondestes grammacus
8 Five-striped Sparrow 1 2 Amphispiza quinquestriata
9 Black-throated Sparrow 6 10 Amphispiza bilineata
9 Grasshopper Sparrow 1 4 Ammodramus savannarum ammolegus
9 Song Sparrow 3 2 Melospiza melodia fallax
9 Yellow-eyed Junco 4 10 Junco phaeonotus palliatus
9 Hepatic Tanager 2 2 Piranga flava hepatica
9 Summer Tanager 2 4 Piranga rubra cooperi
8 Western Tanager 4 2 Piranga ludoviciana
4 Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata
1 Western x Flame-colored Tanager Piranga ludoviciana x bidentata
9 Northern Cardinal 7 4 Cardinalis cardinalis superbus
9 Pyrrhuloxia 3 5 Cardinalis sinuatus
9 Black-headed Grosbeak 6 8 Pheucticus melanocephalus melanocephalus
9 Blue Grosbeak 8 20 Passerina caerulea
3 Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
1 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
9 Varied Bunting 4 3 Passerina versicolor dickeyae
9 Red-winged Blackbird 6 20 Agelaius phoeniceus
9 Eastern Meadowlark 4 8 Sturnella magna lilianae
7 Yellow-headed Blackbird 1 1 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
9 Great-tailed Grackle 6 30 Quiscalus mexicanus
9 Bronzed Cowbird 5 8 Molothrus aeneus milleri
9 Brown-headed Cowbird 9 25 Molothrus ater
9 Hooded Oriole 6 3 Icterus cucullatus nelsoni
9 Bullock's Oriole 5 3 Icterus bullockii
9 Scott's Oriole 3 3 Icterus parisorum
9 House Finch 9 30 Carpodacus mexicanus
5 Red Crossbill 1 1 H Loxia curvirostra
1 Pine Siskin Spinuspinus
9 Lesser Goldfinch 8 50 Spinus psaltria
1 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus montanus
7 House Sparrow 8 50 Passer domesticus

Mammals

9 Desert Cottontail 5 7 Sylvilagus audubonii
3 Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus
2 Antelope Jackrabbit Lepus alleni
9 Black-tailed Jackrabbit 4 3 Lepus californicus
9 Cliff Chipmunk 2 3 Tamias dorsalis
8 Harris's Antelope Squirrel 1 1 Ammospermophilus harrisii
6 Spotted Ground Squirrel Spermophilus spilosoma
5 Round-tailed Ground Squirrel Spermophilus tereticaudus
9 Rock Squirrel 6 2 Spermophilus variegatus
9 Arizona Gray Squirrel 1 3 Sciurus arizonensis
6 Mexican Fox Squirrel 1 1 Sciurus nayaritensis
3 Arizona Cotton Rat Sigmodon arizonae
1 Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat Sigmodon ochrognathus
1 White-throated Woodrat Neotoma albigula
1 Ord's Kangaroo-Rat Dipodomys ordii
9 Coyote 2 1 Canis latrans
2 Gray Fox 1 1 Urocyon cinereoargenteus
1 Raccoon Procyon lotor
6 Collared Peccary 1 2 Pecari tajacu
4 Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis
1 Hooded Skunk 1 1 Mephitis macroura
2 Bobcat Lynx rufus
7 Mule Deer 2 1 Odocoileus hemionus
9 White-tailed Deer 5 10 Odocoileus virginianus couesi
5 Pronghorn 1 3 Antilocapra americana
1 Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis mexicana

Amphibians and Reptiles

3 Couch's Spadefoot 2 10 Scaphiopus chouchii
3 Mexican Spadefoot 1 20 Spea multiplicata
1 Woodhouse's Toad 2 4 Bufo woodhousii
2 Red-spotted Toad Bufo punctatus
3 Great Plains Toad 1 1 Bufo cognatus
1 Sonoran Desert Toad Bufo alvarius
1 Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne olivacea
3 Canyon Tree Frog 2 1 H Hyla arenicolor
8 Chiricahua Leopard Frog 1 30 Rana chiricahuensis
8 Bullfrog 3 3 Rana catesbeiana
2 Western Box Turtle 2 2 Terrapenne ornata
1 Red-eared Slider Trachemys scripta
1 Sonora Mud Turtle Kinosternon sonoriense
2 Spiny Softshell Trionyx spiniferus
6 Lesser Earless Lizard Holbrookia maculata
2 Elegant Earless Lizard 1 6 Holbrookia elegans
2 "Chihuahuan" Greater Earless Lizard Cophosaurus texanus scitulus
5 Zebra-tailed Lizard Callisaurus draconoides
3 Slevin's Bunchgrass Lizard 1 2 Sceloporus slevini
9 Mountain Spiny Lizard 2 2 Sceloporus jarroviI
6 Desert Spiny Lizard 1 1 Sceloporus magister
8 Clark's Spiny Lizard 2 1 Sceloporus clarkiI
5 Southwestern Fence Lizard 3 3 Sceloporus couesi
1 Striped Plateau Lizard Sceloporus virgatus
1 Ornate Tree Lizard Urosaurus ornatus
1 Texas Horned Lizard Phrynosoma cornutum
1 Regal Horned Lizard Phrynosoma solare
2 Greater Short-horned Lizard 1 1 Phrynosoma hernandesi
2 Arizona Striped Whiptail Aspidoscelis arizonae
5 Desert Grassland Whiptail 2 6 Aspidoscelis uniparens
9 Sonoran Spotted Whiptail 4 10 Aspidoscelis sonorae
3 Gila Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis flagellicauda
5 Canyon Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti
2 Madrean Alligator Lizard 1 1 Elgaria kingi
2 "Reticulate" Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum suspectum
1 Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake 1 1 Lampropeltis pyromelana
5 Gopher Snake 2 1 Pituophis catenifer affinis
1 Black-necked Garter Snake Thamnophis cyrtopsis
1 Western Lyre Snake Trimorphodon biscutatus
4 Western Diamondback Rattlesnake 1 1 Crotalus atrox
2 Rock Rattlesnake 1 1 Crotalus lepidus
3 Black-tailed Rattlesnake 1 1 Crotalus molossus
2 Mohave Rattlesnake Crotalus scutulatus

Butterflies

9 Pipevine Swallowtail 9 20 Battus philenor
5 Giant Swallowtail 1 1 Papilio cresphontes
9 Two-tailed Swallowtail 4 10 Papilio multicaudata
1 Desert Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes asterius
4 Cabbage White 1 10 Pieris rapae
1 Checkered White Pontia protodice
3 Chiricahua White Neophasia terlootii
3 Orange Sulphur 1 15 Colias eurytheme
5 Southern Dogface 3 2 Colias cesonia
5 Dainty Sulphur 3 2 Nathalis iole
9 Sleepy Orange 7 5 Eurema nicippe
6 Mexican Yellow 4 15 Eurema mexicana
9 Cloudless Sulphur 1 1 Phoebis sennae
2 Lyside Sulphur 1 2 Kricogonia lyside
3 Gray Hairstreak 2 2 Strymon melinus
2 Western Pygmy-Blue 1 1 Brephidium exile
6 Marine Blue 6 10 Leptotes marina
3 Ceraunus Blue Hemiargus ceraunus
7 Spring Azure 3 150 Celastrina ladon
1 Reakirt's Blue 2 1 Hemiargus isola
1 Acmon Blue 1 1 Plebejus acmon
1 Zela Metalmark Emesis zela
1 Palmer's Metalmark Apodemia palmeri
1 Fatal Metalmark 1 1 Calephelis nemesis
2 American Snout Libytheana carinenta
9 Gulf Fritillary 4 5 Agraulis vanillae
5 Variegated Fritillary 2 1 Euptoieta claudia
5 Tiny Checkerspot 1 1 Dymasia dymas
2 Elada Checkerspot Texola elada
4 Texan Crescent Phyciodes frisia
5 Bordered Patch 1 1 Chlosyne lacinia
1 Theona Checkerspot Thessalia theona
6 Mourning Cloak 2 3 Nymphalis antiopa
1 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
5 American Lady 2 2 Vanessa virginiensis
4 Painted Lady 1 1 Vanessa cardui
4 Common Buckeye 2 1 Junonia coenia
1 Tropical Buckeye Junonia genoveva
5 Red-spotted Admiral 3 3 Limenitis arthemis
3 Viceroy 1 1 Limenitis archippus
6 Weidemeyer?s Admiral 1 2 Limenitis weidemeyerii
9 California Sister 5 10 Adelpha bredowii
1 Tropical or Goatweed Leafwing Anaea aidea or andria
7 Empress Leilia 4 15 Asterocampa leilia
3 Monarch 1 2 Danaus plexippus
8 Queen 8 20 Danaus gilippus
9 Red Satyr 2 4 Megisto rubricata
4 Pine Satyr 1 1 Paramacera allyni
2 Nabokov?s Satyr Cyllopsis pyracmon
1 Canyonland Satyr Cylloopsis pertepida
2 Dull Firetip Pyrrhopyge araxes
4 Golden-banded Skipper Autochton cellus
2 Arizona Skipper Codatractus arizonensis
6 Northern Cloudywing 1 2 Thorybes pylades
1 Acacia Skipper Cogia hippalus
4 Common Sootywing 1 6 Pholisora catullus
1 Short-tailed Skipper Zestusa dorus
1 Mournful Duskywing 2 10 Erynnis tristis
1 Pacuvius Duskywing Erynnis pacuvius
3 Common Checkered-Skipper 2 10 Pyrgus communis
2 Desert Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus philetas
1 Common Streaky-Skipper Celotes nessus
3 Golden-headed Scallopwing Staphylus ceos
1 Arizona Powdered Skipper Systasea zampa
1 Four-spotted Skipperling Piruna polingi
5 Orange Skipperling 1 1 Copaeodes aurantiaca
2 Fiery Skipper 1 4 Hylephila phyleus
9 Taxiles Skipper 1 10 Poanes taxiles
1 Cassus Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes cassus
1 Slaty Roadside Skipper Amblyscirtes nereus
2 Bronze Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes aenus
9 Orange-edged Roadside-Skipper 1 3 Amblyscirtes fimbriata

Taxonomic Notes