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Chlosyne nycteis
Upperside is pale yellow-orange with dark borders and markings. Hindwing above and below has some white-centered submarginal spots; hindwing below is pale with a large white crescent at the margin. Wing Span: 1 3/8 - 2 inches (3.5 - 5.1 cm).
Small clearing in wooded area of Miller Springs Park.
The white spots at the hindwing are typical for Chlosyne nycteis and to my knowledge it is actually the only of all these tricky Melitaeini wirh white spots.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/429
Phyciodes tharos to compare and indeed very similar:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/830315/bgi...
Spotted on Jun 16, 2014
Submitted on Jul 23, 2014
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