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butterfly - Phyciodes
Copyright © 2013 Andrée Reno Sanborn

butterfly - Phyciodes
Barton, Orleans County, Vermont, USA
June 20, 2013
I've never seen this and am getting confused in the ID. Thank you for any help.

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butterfly - Phyciodes butterfly - Phyciodes
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Contributed by Andrée Reno Sanborn on 20 June, 2013 - 5:13pm
Last updated 21 July, 2013 - 1:53am

Looks like a female Pearl Crescent,
but the location argues for Northern. I'm putting it with the "not quite" ones that seem to be something different, or just can't be called one way or the other.
… David J. Ferguson, 21 July, 2013 - 1:53am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… David J. Ferguson, 21 July, 2013 - 1:52am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 4 July, 2013 - 11:29pm login or register to post comments

This isn't a Northern Crescen
This isn't a Northern Crescent, is it? I've been looking again. But it isn't like the others that we have seen, the lines in the patterns are thicker.
… Andrée Reno Sanborn, 20 June, 2013 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

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