RHH's photos with the keyword: checkerspot

I believe this is identified correctly as the Variable or Chalcedon Checkerspot, Euphydryas chalcedona. If not, I'd appreciate a correction. This was photographed near Berg Lake in the Canadian Rockies.

On one of our many trip back from eastern Washington, we took Highway 97 through Blewett Pass, between Ellensburg and Leavenworth, and detoured to drive the 10 miles of the Old Blewett Road, a road that is no longer maintained but that is a treasury of wildflowers, native orchids and butterflies. On this trip there were butterflies everywhere including hundreds of these Snowberry Checkerspots (Euphydryas colon) just where you would expect to find them, on the Creeping Snowberry plants and flowers. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2012/08/old-blewett...

This is another photo taken on the Old Blewett Road, between Ellensburg and Leavenworth, Washington. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2012/08/old-blewett...

Just one more butterfly picture from the Old Blewett Road. This is the Snowberry Checkerspot, Euphydryas colon, on the Tall White Northern Bog Orchis, Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2012/08/old-blewett...