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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (excluding skippers) (Papilionoidea) » Brushfooted Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc. (Nymphalinae) » Tortoiseshells (Nymphalis)

Genus Nymphalis - Tortoiseshells

Mourning Cloak · California Tortoiseshell · Compton Tortoiseshell
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Species Nymphalis antiopa - Mourning Cloak
Mourning Cloak Butterfly - Nymphalis antiopa Mourning Cloak - Nymphalis antiopa Mourning Cloak - Nymphalis antiopa mourning cloak I think - Nymphalis antiopa Mourning Cloak cat - Nymphalis antiopa Mourning cloak caterpillar - Nymphalis antiopa Caterpillars and More Caterpillars! - Nymphalis antiopa Mourning Cloak (nectaring at a crab apple) - Nymphalis antiopa

Species Nymphalis californica - California Tortoiseshell
California Tortoiseshell - Nymphalis californica California Tortoiseshell - Nymphalis californica Nymphalis californica 01 - Nymphalis californica California Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis californica)? - Nymphalis californica California Tortoiseshell - Nymphalis californica Monarch Moth ? - Nymphalis californica One from Oregon - Nymphalis californica California Tortoiseshell - Nymphalis californica

Species Nymphalis vau-album - Compton Tortoiseshell
What a surprise! - Nymphalis vau-album spiny caterpillar - Nymphalis vau-album Compton Tortoiseshell - Nymphalis vau-album Compton Tortoiseshell - Nymphalis vau-album Compton tortoiseshell (Nymphalis vaualbum) - Nymphalis vau-album Compton Tortoiseshell , male? With closed wings - Nymphalis vau-album Butterfly - Nymphalis vau-album Compton Tortoiseshell - Nymphalis vau-album


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