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Coenonympha tullia california ? - Coenonympha tullia
Copyright © 2008 Gary McDonald

Coenonympha tullia california ? - Coenonympha tullia
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
July 10, 2008
I followed this guy up & down the north slope of our property until it finally landed where I could photograph it.
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Contributed by Gary McDonald on 11 July, 2008 - 12:40pm
Last updated 18 August, 2008 - 8:10pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies.
… Jason Forbes, 18 August, 2008 - 8:10pm login or register to post comments

Worth the effort
     "until it finally landed where I could photograph it."

Everyone should use this method. :-)

Great photo.
… Jay Barnes, 12 July, 2008 - 12:59am login or register to post comments

Beautiful....
photo of this very colorful Ringlet, Gary.
… Bob Moul, 11 July, 2008 - 2:24pm login or register to post comments

Common Ringlet
A fairly colorful example; in SoCal, color varies with seasons, but tends towards drab.

From "An Introduction to Southern California Butterflies" by Fred Heath:

"For many years, authorities considered the 'California' Common Ringlet (C.t.callifornia--the subspecies of the Common Ringlet found in Southern California) a separate species."

A bit nebulous, but I read it to mean that it isn't.

Also, you had an earlier post IDed as a Common Ringlet, and I go along with that.
… Ron Hemberger, 11 July, 2008 - 1:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Ron
for the confirmation, I was fairly confident of the ID, but I always prefer to have a second opinion. I wonder whether it should be moved to the species page, or should the subspecies in California have a separate page. Art Shapiro
shows it as a valid subspecies, and BugGuide has separate pages for other subspecies of C tullia.
… Gary McDonald, 11 July, 2008 - 1:23pm login or register to post comments

 
'Twer me, I'd put it on species page.
Alternate would be ask for a new page in the forum and see what shakes out.
… Ron Hemberger, 11 July, 2008 - 4:57pm login or register to post comments

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