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Genus Nymphalis - Tortoiseshells

Mourning Cloak · California Tortoiseshell · Compton Tortoiseshell
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Species Nymphalis antiopa - Mourning Cloak - Hodges#4432
Mourning Cloak - Nymphalis antiopa Mourning Cloak Eggs - Nymphalis antiopa Mourning cloak - Nymphalis antiopa - female spiked black catapiller with burnt orange spots on back and legs - Nymphalis antiopa Nymphalis antiopa - Mourning Cloak - Hodges#4432? - Nymphalis antiopa Nymphalidae: Nymphalis antiopa - Nymphalis antiopa Nymphalis antiopa Nymphalis antiopa

Species Nymphalis californica - California Tortoiseshell - Hodges#4431
California Tortoiseshell - Nymphalis californica Butterfly ID? - Nymphalis californica Nymphalidae: Nymphalis californica - Nymphalis californica Nymphalis californica California Tortoiseshell - Nymphalis californica California Tortoiseshell caterpillars - Nymphalis californica California Tortoiseshell - Nymphalis californica California Tortoiseshell - Nymphalis californica

Species Nymphalis l-album - Compton Tortoiseshell - Hodges#4430
Compton Tortoiseshell - Nymphalis l-album Nymphalis?? - Nymphalis l-album Nymphalis?? - Nymphalis l-album Unknown comma - Nymphalis l-album Compton Tortoiseshell - Nymphalis l-album Butterfly near wetland, northern Maine - Nymphalis l-album Brown Butterfly - Nymphalis l-album Compton Tortoiseshell ?? - Nymphalis l-album


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