Calcedona checkerspot

Description:

Extremely variable. Forewing narrow. Upperside is black to dark orange-brown with yellow, red, and sometimes white spots. Underside with yellow and orange-red bands.

Habitat:

Sagebrush flats, chaparral, desert hills, high prairie, open forest, alpine tundra. Range: Alaska south along the Pacific Coast through California and Arizona to Baja California and Mexico; east to Montana, the Dakotas, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico.