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Great Spangled Fritillary? - Speyeria cybele

Great Spangled Fritillary? - Speyeria cybele
Middlefork Savanna, Lake County, Illinois, USA
July 1, 2008

Great Spangled Fritillary
I believe this is a Great Spangled Fritillary also, but I was wondering about the section at the top of the butterfly. Is that a tear in the wing exposing the topside of the other wing?

 
Thanks
Yes, I believe there is a tear.

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