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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 » Patches, Checkerspots (Chlosyne) » Silvery Checkerspot - Hodges#4490 (Chlosyne nycteis)
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Phyciodes tharos? - Chlosyne nycteis
Copyright © 2022 Thom Mitchell

Phyciodes tharos? - Chlosyne nycteis
Carbondale, Jackson County, Illinois, USA
July 24, 2022
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Contributed by Thom Mitchell on 9 August, 2022 - 1:28am
Last updated 9 August, 2022 - 5:31am

Silvery Checkerspot
Note the pale area within the small dark sub-marginal hindwing spots.

Also the outer edge of the orange spot band on the forewings is smoother (doesn't have that tooth) than on P. tharos.

Usually Pearl Crescent far outnumber Silvery in my area. But I try to look at each one (with butterfly binoculars) to check for Silvery Checkerspot.
… Roy Cohutta Brown, 9 August, 2022 - 5:36am login or register to post comments

 
I was uncomfortable
about the dark submarginal bands, but I have seen so few C. nycteis over the years and so many P. tharos that I clearly had blinders on. Thanks for being more careful than I was!
(I'm now oh-for-two on late-night IDs last night...)
… Thom Mitchell, 9 August, 2022 - 9:12am login or register to post comments

Moved
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… Roy Cohutta Brown, 9 August, 2022 - 5:31am login or register to post comments

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