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Black and white butterfly - Pseudothyris sepulchralis

Stonebluff, Wagoner County, Oklahoma, USA
April 13, 2014

Found this beautifully colored butterfly but only got one shot before it was gone! Hope this is enough. It was visiting clusters of blue eyed Mary (Collinsia verna)

Contributed by Heath Hallum on 13 April, 2014 - 4:37pm
Last updated 19 April, 2014 - 7:30am

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… John S. Ascher, 19 April, 2014 - 7:30am

A moth

Looks like Mournful thyris-Thyris sepulchralis. http://bugguide.net/node/view/19829/bgimage
Blue-eyed Mary's are gorgeous and I haven't seen them for a longtime.

… Cliff Ivy, 13 April, 2014 - 7:45pm

That is it!!! So cool

That is it!!! So cool

… Heath Hallum, 13 April, 2014 - 7:49pm

I usually see them on blackberry blossoms in AR..

So I hope to see one soon. You live in a great Buggin area. Keep it up.

… Cliff Ivy, 13 April, 2014 - 8:56pm

Oklahoma is packed!

We have more insects here than I ever imagined. Every time I walk around the yard something new seems to pop up. Missed a great wooly caterpillar on butterweed opportunity today. A few beetles mating on a dandelion flew just before I focused. I'll be posting here all year long.

Thanks for the help

… Heath Hallum, 13 April, 2014 - 9:32pm

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