A member of the brushfoot family, the black, white, and orange-checkered butterfly was once commonly seen south of Ventura County, ranging to the inland valleys south of the Tehachapi Mountains and into northern Baja California. The last time one was spotted on the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge was in 2012. Photo by Andrew Fisher/USFWS. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 2/2/17.
Too pretty to be endangered – hope it’s coming back!