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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc. (Nymphalinae) » Melitaeini » Crescents (Phyciodes) » Mylitta Crescent - Hodges#4488 (Phyciodes mylitta)
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Frittilary? - Phyciodes mylitta - male
Copyright © 2012 Tamra F

Frittilary? - Phyciodes mylitta - Male
Cottonwood Heights, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
June 27, 2012

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Contributed by Tamra F on 17 December, 2012 - 7:21pm
Last updated 18 December, 2012 - 4:00pm

This one is male, the other female,
which accounts for some of the difference in appearance.

If this were in Britain, "Fritillary" might have been correct. It's what they call all their Fritillaries, Checkerspots, and their only Metalmark. Here not everything orange with black spots gets called a Fritillary, but they do all tend to look similar, regardless.

Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 18 December, 2012 - 12:03pm login or register to post comments

 
The coloring
definitely threw me off. Thanks so much for the help!
… Tamra F, 18 December, 2012 - 4:09pm login or register to post comments

Pearl Crescent
I am far from an expert, but my field guide for the Kansas City area shows a picture very close to this one. It is of a Pearl Crescent. The book states that, "Pearl Crescent's wing patterns can be quite variable."
… Daniel J. Henehan, 17 December, 2012 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Daniel,
your crescent comment put me on a path... what about

… Tamra F, 17 December, 2012 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Agree
It's the same as, just more raggley
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 17 December, 2012 - 10:07pm login or register to post comments

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