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Unknown comma - Nymphalis l-album

Unknown comma - Nymphalis l-album
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
August 7, 2014
Found on coastal rain forest edge on harbour shoreline of Bella Coola, north central coast of British Columbia. By rights it should be Polygonia satyrus, or maybe P. faunus, but that line of really blue irregular spots down the underside of both fore-and hindwings, and the clear pale band, make it look like a P. comma on the wrong coast. I don't have an image of the upper side of the wings. I'd really appreciate someone's opinion on this--thanks very much in advance.

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Moved from ID Request.

Looks like Compton Tortoiseshell

 
ID request, Compton's Tortoiseshell
Thank you very much for your identification. Yes, it has that intermittent blue band down the edges of the undersides of both wings. You guys are great. Tila Kellman

 
Sounds good to me...
It looks far more similar to the Tortoiseshell than it does to the Questionmark. Not too surprised that I misidentified it. Since I have never seen one, it is hard to make comparisons. One of the main reasons I defer to experience. Now that I have an idea of what to look for....

Looks like....
To me, this looks very similar to the Question Mark. The blue pattern matches well. The "?" mark appears small & not as clear as in many of the pics, but it still appears to be there. However, I am still relatively inexperienced at IDing the various species and would prefer confirmation. Here is the BugGuide page for you to look at:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/487
Here is a photo of one with a similar blue marking for comparison:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/286064

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