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Doxocopa laurentia laurentia
Here you'll find the male of the species: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/992...
No, the problem this time was not the species itself but the NAME! I immediately knew it must be a Doxocopa not Adelpha (compare the scalopped apical forewing and the tail in Doxocopa) and I found also immediately the corresponding name: Doxocopa seraphina:
http://www.entowinkler.at/jalbum_13/slid...
But this taxon is not "correct". Hübner called in 1925 this one Catargyra seraphina and the first was Godart in 1924 Nymphalis laurentia. And Seraphina do not exist anymore in the newer literature.
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/r...
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/t/Doxoco...
And you see: Yours is a FEMALE, so there is an obvious sexual dimorphism.
Thank you Bayucca. It is hard to ID these butterflies because there are several species that look the same.
Yes, Bayucca, I know "snow". We have "snow" here in Curitiba every 50 years. Last time was in 1975. :-)
That's one for me! I have to make a little walk with my dog (through the snow! Can you imagine that!! Do you know "Snow"???), then I come back. I have to work tomorrow, so this would be the last ID for today...
Spotted on Jan 20, 2012
Submitted on Jan 20, 2012
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