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Pearl Crescent - Hodges#4481 (Phyciodes tharos)
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Copyright © 2013
Maria de Bruyn
Pearl crescent -
Phyciodes tharos
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Chapel Hill, Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
April 21, 2013
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Maria de Bruyn
on 27 April, 2013 - 11:19am
Last updated 20 July, 2015 - 5:46pm
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Maria de Bruyn
, 28 April, 2013 - 4:46pm
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I would say so, a male
The orangey antenna tips give a little bit of pause, as they are usually dark on males that far east, but I don't trust this as a reliable distinction (they are commonly orange in the South and West, and I suspect occasionally can vary everywhere). In that location you shouldn't have any of the look-alike species.
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David J. Ferguson
, 28 April, 2013 - 10:55am
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