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Butterfly (Black) - Erynnis horatius
Copyright © 2006 Andrew Meeds

Butterfly (Black) - Erynnis horatius
Columbia, Boone County, Missouri, USA
September 7, 2006
Size: inch or so
seems simalair to a black witch... but smaller... any ideas? Thanks!
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Contributed by Andrew Meeds on 10 September, 2006 - 7:40pm
Last updated 7 June, 2009 - 8:53pm

Moved
Moved from Duskywings.
… Tony-2, 5 December, 2006 - 5:43pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks!
thanks for being able to finally clear up what type of Dustywing that was!
… Andrew Meeds, 6 December, 2006 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

maybe juvenal
looks more like pics of the juvenal... thanks all!!
… Andrew Meeds, 11 September, 2006 - 6:50am login or register to post comments

Dusky
If this was taken this week it is more likely a Wild Indigo Duskywing. There are no Juvenal's flying now. And certainly none in December.
… Herschel Raney, 10 September, 2006 - 10:08pm login or register to post comments

 
lol...
no cluw why it said december sorry bout that... it was taken last week
… Andrew Meeds, 11 September, 2006 - 6:40am login or register to post comments

 
My understanding
is that Juvenal's flys only in the spring while Horace's flies in the spring and later in the season. That'd speak for this beging Horace's.

The Wild Indigo's I see are darker overall than this, but that could be regional. They could certainly be flying now as well.

Erynnis is a very hard genus. Sorry!
… Steve Pelikan, 11 September, 2006 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

 
okay... thanks!
thanks!
… Andrew Meeds, 11 September, 2006 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

The December date
is confusing! Choosing between Horace's and Juvenal's is easier if
you know when the adult was flying.
… Steve Pelikan, 10 September, 2006 - 9:24pm login or register to post comments

I think it might be...
a Horace's Duskywing -- Erynnis horatius
… Terry Allison, 10 September, 2006 - 8:32pm login or register to post comments

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