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California Tortoiseshell - Hodges#4431 (Nymphalis californica)
Photo#470778
Copyright © 2010
Aaron Schusteff
California Tortoisehell -
Nymphalis californica
Sequoia National Park, Tulare County, California, USA
June 7, 2010
Found perching in late afternoon in flowery opening in Canyon Live Oak habitat.
I think this may be a male, from the patterning & contrast of the underwing (see pg 191 and Plate 22 of Shapiro
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Contributed by
Aaron Schusteff
on 7 November, 2010 - 10:26pm