Fall form of Ministrymon leda from Montosa Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, southeast of Tucson. October 15, 2019.
Ministrymon leda from Scissors Crossing at Anza-Borrego, September 28, 2013.
Ministrymon leda. This and the one below are from Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Arizona, September 25, 2007.
Another Leda Ministreak from the same day at the Arboretum, east of Phoenix, in Arizona. This one has the earlier-season coloration despite the September date. They are said to fly from mid-April into December, but they seem far more common from later in the summer through the autumn months.
©Dennis Walker