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Orange-patched Crescent

Phyciodes drusilla

2 Species ID Suggestions

TomElliott
TomElliott 11 years ago
Pale-banded Crescent
Anthanassa tulcis


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8 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Please, check your ID and do a re-search to take the right one, thanks.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Thanks Tom. Just for info: if you agree with an already mentioned suggestion you just can make a "+" on the right side of the suggestion field. If there are 3 "+" the spotting is considered as IDed and does no longer appear in the unknown section.

TomElliott
TomElliott 11 years ago

It is not common to see variation in wing shape and the forewing of tulcis is more rounded than the "more than subtley" angular drusilla.
Follow the outer edge of the forewing traveling from the Apex of the forewing moving down toward the Marginal area (outer edge of the cells indicated by the venation coming off the forward discal cell).

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

I am still confident with my suggestion of this one being Anthanassa tulcis. Phyciodes is outdated. Please, take a careful look at the outside margin of the forewing (at the "notch"). There you can see in yours and Tulcis 2 spots, a large and a smaller one. In Drusilla there are 3 "flat" spots, with a slightly larger one in the middle. Here is a nice example for this observation and in my eyes a key criteria for separation (the rest I must admit is very similar), however, it is not a "fair" link, since it is one I have IDed myself ;-)...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grandma-shi...
It was a loooong time ago, that's the reason why I called it also Phyciodes...
To compare once more my Tulcis:
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/imagehtm...
Check the above mentioned 3 spots in both subspecies from Panama:
http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/an...
http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/an...
The final decision is up to you, since it is your spot. I still think it is Anthanassa tulcis not Anthanassa drusilla. If you do not agree, let me know, than I will ask one of my experts or you just take Anthanassa sp.
What do you think? Happy 2013!

DinDjarin
DinDjarin 11 years ago

Hi Bayucca, The Butterfly that you identified is similar to that of Juan Ditrani, but it is not the same as I do, I made a research and I realized that the throttle which you helped me is another species, why agradesco you suggestion, but I found the species already, thank you very much

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 11 years ago

Yo tengo una parecida que encontré en otro lugar, si identificas la tuya me avisas para copiarme http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/122...

DinDjarin
DinDjarin 11 years ago

Y deberias ver la libelula

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 11 years ago

Muy bien, te quedó muy bien enfocada!

DinDjarin
Spotted by
DinDjarin

Panamá, Panama

Spotted on Dec 28, 2012
Submitted on Dec 28, 2012

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