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Silvery Checkerspot for Indiana - Chlosyne nycteis
Copyright © 2007 Elizabeth Carey

Silvery Checkerspot for Indiana - Chlosyne nycteis
Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana, USA
September 2, 2007
Taken at Muscatatuck NWR on the Richart Trail.

Could I have confirmation that I have not misidentified this - and it is really a Pearl Crescent?
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Contributed by Elizabeth Carey on 4 September, 2007 - 11:46am

Chlosyne nycteis
It's definitely a Silvery Checkerspot and not a Pearl Crescent.
… Howell Curtis, 4 September, 2007 - 11:51am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Silvery Checkerspot.
… Elizabeth Carey, 4 September, 2007 - 11:47am login or register to post comments

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