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>On 11/26/2012 4:01 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
> > I was out wildflower hunting again today, and after being exhausted
> > from scrambling up 50-degree slopes I came to a rest at the base of a
> > 15-foot pouroff in a wash, where I came across this butterfly:
> >
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8221556207/in/photostream
> >
> > He put on quite a floor show, dancing around in the sunlight to
> > make it difficult to get a good, clear photo. Now I come to find that
> > he doesn't appear in any of my field guides, so I'm hoping someone will
> > recognize the species of this colourful fellow.
>
> I'm curious, too. Far from scrambling about difficult desert slopes, I was
> wandering the Coastal Maine Botanic Gardens in Boothbay Harbor with Carol,
> Bob & Joan, when we saw several of these.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Travel/NorthEast_2012/Maine/Coastal_Maine_Botanic_Garden&image=_9150911croof30.jpg>
>
> Some tiny variations, but sure looks like the same species to me. The body
> stripes aren't obvious in the best shot, but are very clear in another
> specimen at different angle/light in this slightly less clear shot.
>
<<SNIP>>
Yes, same species with some minor variations.
Chris
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