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Wild Indigo (not Horace's) Duskywing - Erynnis baptisiae - female
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Wild Indigo (not Horace's) Duskywing - Erynnis baptisiae - Female
Peace Valley Park, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 26, 2014

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Wild Indigo (not Horace's) Duskywing - Erynnis baptisiae - female Wild Indigo (not Horace's) Duskywing - Erynnis baptisiae - female
Contributed by Bill Keim on 5 January, 2015 - 11:14am
Last updated 22 March, 2016 - 6:48pm

Moved
Moved from Duskywings.
… Nick Block, 22 March, 2016 - 6:22pm

Moved
Moved from Horace's Duskywing.
… Nick Block, 22 March, 2016 - 4:24pm

Wild Indigo
I'm reasonably certain this is a female Wild Indigo Duskywing. Horace's should show an obvious spot at the end of the cell and a more evenly colored forewing.
… Nick Block, 22 March, 2016 - 4:24pm

 
Nick, I agree
since the cell end spot is absent.
… Cliff Ivy, 22 March, 2016 - 5:36pm

Moved
Moved from Duskywings.
… Cliff Ivy, 1 February, 2015 - 8:30pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bill Keim, 15 January, 2015 - 5:19am

Erynnis sp. a "duskywing" but
Erynnis sp. a "duskywing" butterfly. The large white spots near the forewing apex and in the forewing cell, plus the date, probably make this E. horatius, Horace's Duskywing.
… Matt Pelikan, 5 January, 2015 - 12:57pm

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