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bebop2 Van Etten, NY(Zone 5a) Jul 05, 2008

Does anyone know what kind of butterfly this is? It is bigger than a skipper and smaller than a monarch. It was on a cosmos sulphureus (Cosmic Orange).

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bebop2 Van Etten, NY(Zone 5a) Jul 05, 2008

Here is another angle.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jul 05, 2008

This butterfly is in the family Nymphalidaae, genus Phyciodes (crescents); possibly Phyciodes cocyta, the northern crescent - see http://www.nearctica.com/butter/plate16/Pcocyta.htm

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bebop2 Van Etten, NY(Zone 5a) Jul 05, 2008

I just checked your link. That's just what it is. You're a whiz! Thank you.

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