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can't identify--injured wings
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can't identify--injured wings
Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland, USA
August 12, 2009
Size: guessing 3 in.

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Contributed by ndrose on 12 August, 2009 - 7:34pm
Last updated 3 December, 2009 - 3:16pm

Frassed
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… David J. Ferguson, 3 December, 2009 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 6 September, 2009 - 9:53am login or register to post comments

I think...
Looking at the spots on those upper wings, I think that it's a Red-spotted Purple (Limentis arthenis).
… Rose bugs, 12 August, 2009 - 8:25pm login or register to post comments

 
I think you're right!
Thank you. I'm a novice with butterflies, so I have to flip through lots of pictures to try to make IDs, but one misses a lot that way. The Audubon picture of the red-spotted purple doesn't have the spots in the corners, but if you go to the text, it says, "Eastern populations have some red in FW tips above." So there you go! Nice call, thanks again.
… ndrose, 12 August, 2009 - 10:36pm login or register to post comments

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