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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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Painted or Mylitta - Phyciodes mylitta - female
Copyright © 2007 Bob Beatson

Painted or Mylitta - Phyciodes mylitta - Female
Crescent Lake, White Mountains, Apache County, Arizona, USA
September 12, 2007
Yesterday it was a troublesome skipper - today it's 2 troublesome Crescents. I'm posting this first and the next in a seperate post. Hopefully, someone more familiar with the crescents will be able to help. I've perused bugguide images and at least 4 seperate field guides. Sorry for the blurry images. Wish I could redo, but it's a long way up there.
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Contributed by Bob Beatson on 14 September, 2007 - 4:17pm
Last updated 27 November, 2008 - 10:22pm

It is Phyciodes mylitta
Just out of curiousity - is it up side down?

Moved from Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc..
… David J. Ferguson, 22 November, 2008 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Hello David:
I looked at the original and it looks like I shot this at a strange angle that makes it look upside down. The original doesn't show that I reversed the image via computer program.
… Bob Beatson, 24 November, 2008 - 12:54pm login or register to post comments

sorry to maybe muddy the alre
sorry to maybe muddy the already muddy issue (and sorry not to be too helpful yesterday with your 'bad skipper day' 8;) ), but what do you think about Gorgone Checkerspot? Did you get a good enough view of the wings when closed to be certain it's a crescent and not a checkerspot?

Nearctica shows it in range
http://www.nearctica.com/butter/plate15/Cgorgone.htm

and a google image search came up with quite a few pix that look like what you have, except perhaps a bit more spread between the hind and forewings.

Just a thought.
… Nina, 15 September, 2007 - 5:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Hello again
Nina: Thanks for the suggestion. Of the underwings I saw (and shot), one looks like Mylitta and the other belonged to a Variable Checkerspot. Didn't see anything that looked like the unders of a Gorgone. I think you're looking at New Mexico on the Nearctica map -the White Mountains are in east central Arizona.
… Bob Beatson, 15 September, 2007 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

 
I need to go back to geograph
I need to go back to geography class for sure! I know Europe better but that wont help me here ;) OY!
… Nina, 15 September, 2007 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

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