(Los Angeles Co. Museum of Natural History) panamintensis
ssp panamintensis Transition to nevadensis?
(Los Angeles Co. Museum of Natural History)
(Los Angeles Co. Museum of Natural History)
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| Vicinity of Salt Lake, Utah; 7/96 ssp. indra | Fairview, Mohave CA; June 1996 ssp fordi |
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| Monument Peak, Laguna Mtns, CA may 29 1970 ssp pergamus | Laguna Mtns, San Diego CA ssp pergamus female |
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| Dead Mtns, Near Needles AZ {reared} ssp.pygmaeus | Nye co., Nevada {reared} ssp nevadensis |
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| Panamint range, west slope 1000m (Los Angeles Co. Museum of Natural History) panamintensis |
Fossil Ridge, Clarke co., Nevada {reared} ssp panamintensis Transition to nevadensis? |
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| Kaibab Plateau {reared} ssp kaibabensismale (Los Angeles Co. Museum of Natural History) |
Kaibab Plateau {reared} ssp kaibabensisfemale (Los Angeles Co. Museum of Natural History) |
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| Moab, Utah {reared} ssp.minori | 100 mi S Moab Utah ; {reared} ssp minori but indistiguisable from kaibabensis |
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| Providence Mtns, California {reared} martini variations in population | 20 km SW Las Vegas, Nevada {reared} calicola pair |
| Thanks to Jim and Wayne for many of the indra photos!! |
Widespread in the western USA but not abundant, often very local. Flies
in desert mountains and Ponderosa Pine forest. Some ssp may be threatened
(ie in S California). A unique ssp (kaibabensis) with greatly diminished
yellow on the wings is found along the north rim of the Grand Canyon (and
protected by a National Park for part of its range).
A wonderful research article on the races and life histories of all the indra subspecies published in 2000 by Wayne Whaley Ph.D., can be found at research.uvu.edu . Brilliant job with a complex species!