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Jalapus Cloudywing? side view - Thessia jalapus

Jalapus Cloudywing? side view - Thessia jalapus
World Birding Center HQ at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
March 16, 2007
I was actually leading a dragonfly walk, but decided to take a pass through what some butterfliers call the "old butterfly garden" near the resaca. This critter shows some indication of a lobe or tail on the inside corner of the hindwing, which in some sources appears to be distinctive to Jalapus Cloudywing, but others indicate that Jalapus has much more dramatic tails and that Coyote Cloudywing may have something approaching this...

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Jalapus Cloudywing? side view - Thessia jalapus Jalapus Cloudywing? front view - Thessia jalapus