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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae)
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Butterfly Buffet
Copyright © 2007 Charles Schurch Lewallen

Butterfly Buffet
Deep Fork Wildlife Refuge, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
June 25, 2007
As you can not upload directly to frass I will frass shortly as I can see no use to BugGuide. I just thought it was interesting. They are gathered at a large bird droping.
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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 25 June, 2007 - 2:59pm
Last updated 24 November, 2008 - 10:22am

Butterfly Buffet
A mix of Limenitis arthemis, Polygonia interrogationis, Polygonia comma, and Asterocampa celtis.
… Miles Buddy, 12 June, 2011 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies.
… Nick Block, 24 November, 2008 - 10:22am login or register to post comments

Butterfly Buffet
Ok I will move it to Butterflys.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 25 June, 2007 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

very cool photo!
I would hate to see this frassed, personally. A couple of reasons this might be valuable. It shows evidence of several species taking nourishment from bird droppings: Question Marks, Emperors (Hackberry, right?), a Red Spotted Purple, and if I'm not mistaken, at least one Eastern Comma (bottom right).

Speaking of the comma, this image is nice in that it shows both hindwing underside punctuation marks, that of the Question Mark and the Comma.
… Bobby Grizzard, 25 June, 2007 - 3:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Butterfly Buffet
Well you have better eyes than I do. I did not even see the Hackberry.
Where would this go in the Guide?
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 25 June, 2007 - 4:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Hackberrys
The Hackberry Emperors are the 3 grouped together in the middle right of the picture. Very interesting congregation, amen!
… Kenneth Dwain Harrelson, 25 June, 2007 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Hackberrys
I don't know how it posted twice, so I changed one to this. I still love the photo, though!
… Kenneth Dwain Harrelson, 25 June, 2007 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

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