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Cardinal Butterfly

Argynnis pandora

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41.2011, -3.59013

Field Notes

Habitat:

Mountain airfield with scattered trees and bushes at nearly 4,000'.

Species ID Suggestions

Cardinal

Argynnis pandora

Comments (5)

You're welcome Malcolm. With that ventral view there is only the cardinal.
Thanks for the ID Daniele. @ Fluttershylovesmusic, take a look at this website http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/butterflymoth.html it explains some basic differences between butterflies and moths. The club antennae identify this as a Butterfly with the patterning similar to most fritillaries. Fritillaries are a group of Butterflies which all look similar but have slightly different patterns. Hope this all helps.

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