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Proposed subspecies kernense (described from Kelso valley, in Kern County, in California) is treated as a synonym of carolae.

The following 8 subspecies are recognised:

• bullatum (Vigors, 1839)   -  South-western Oregon south to extreme north-central California, in western USA.
• petulans (Grinnell & Swarth, 1926)   -  Northern California in coastal zone from Humboldt County south to Marin County.
• crissalis (Vigors, 1839)   -  Central coastal California from northern Monterey County east to western edge of San Joaquin Valley, south to western Kern County and Ventura County.
• carolae (McGregor, 1899)   -  Interior California from Humboldt County south to Napa County and east to foothills of Cascades and Sierra Nevada, southern on eastern side of San Joaquin Valley to Kern County.
• eremophila (van Rossem, 1935)   -  East-central California (Argus Mts. and north-western San Bernardino County).
• senicula (Anthony, 1895)   -  Central coastal California (San Luis Obispo County), and San Joaquin Valley, south to extreme north-western Mexico (north-western Baja California).
• aripolia (Oberholser, 1919)   -  Central Baja California from 28° 55' north, south to Guajademi (26° 35' north).
• albigula (Baird, SF, 1860)   -  Southern Baja California south from c. 26° 35' south.

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