http://10.70.15.71/taxonomy/term/42/0 en http://10.70.15.71/butterfly/Boloria/epithore <p>Common at Donner and Castle Peak; irregular and perhaps not <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/3#term163"><acronym title="The maintenance of year-round, breeding populations by a species at any given locality. ">resident</acronym></a> at Lang. A <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/3#term169"><acronym title="The primary unit of classification below genus under the Linnaean system. For our purposes, groups of interbreeding or potentially interbreeding populations of individuals that share an evolutionary history and ancestry. However, there is significant debate on what exactly constitutes a species and many definitions and concepts have been proposed. The most common of these is the biological species concept, which requires that sets of populations must be able to successfully and regularly interbreed and produce viable, fertile offspring.">species</acronym></a> of cool, moist forest and forest edges (not meadows, despite the common name); often seen along wood roads and trails, often through Lodgepole Pine. A puddler and frequent flower visitor, including white-flowered Ceanothus among its favorites. One <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/3#term86"><acronym title="The description of how many broods (generations) per year a particular butterfly species produces at any one location. A butterfly with one generation per year is “univoltine”. Butterflies with two generations per year are called “bivoltine” and those with more than two are generally referred to as “multivoltine”.">brood</acronym></a>, June-August. Host plants violets (<a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/3#term122"><acronym title="The nested rank between family and species in the Linnaean system.">genus</acronym></a> <i>Viola</i>; preferences undetermined). This is the only small Fritillary in California; there are numerous others in the Arctic and Subarctic and in the Rocky Mountains.</p> Boloria Sun, 28 May 2006 18:09:41 +0000 admin 29 at http://10.70.15.71