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KashtanGeorge Los Angeles, CA(Zone 10a) Jul 18, 2009

Is this species Araschnea levana?

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Jul 18, 2009

Yes it looks right, apart from your spelling. The Genus appears to be Araschnia rather than Araschnea.

Here is a picture that matches yours very closely: http://leptiri.beograd.com/Araschnia_levana.htm

This butterfly has two very different forms. Yours is the golden form that appears in the spring. The summer form is dark brown, almost black.

We have an entry for it here: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/4905/
but only have images of the summer form, so I hope you will add your picture to that page,

Kennedy

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