Leanira (LEP94) Chlosyne leanira The
mountain forms and males are darker than females and checkerspots of the dry
basin and range country of the West. The
ground color of the male is dark brown, its spots vanilla except for the
outermost ones, which are orange.
Orange bars occur near the forewing tip. The female=s underside forewing is light orange,
with yellow spots. The hindwing shows
a black chain and veins against a creamy yellow background. |