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Poanes hobomok
A small butterfly with slim, triangular wings. The upper side of the male's wings is mostly orange with the margins being dark brown. Females have 2 forms: Upperside of normal form is duller and has less orange than the male; underside of hindwing is orange with purple-gray at the inner margin. The upperside of the "pocahontas" form is purple-black with some dull white spots on the forewing with the underside being a purple-black color with an obscured pattern.
Spotted on the side of an access road that bordered a woodland at Greenwich Audubon
Spotted on Jun 4, 2016
Submitted on Jun 7, 2016
