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Purplish Fritillary on Sitka Valerian
Boloria chariclea
49.0999, -120.806
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Description:
Beautiful fresh butterfly with the silver/white edges of the wings still intact. Some of the individuals I saw at this meadow had worn edges! Very difficult to get a good underwing photo but #2 does show enough so that I can tell it is not a Silver-bordered Fritillary. Medium sized butterfly with fuzzy body.
Habitat:
Wildflower meadow at Strawberry Flats in Manning Park, BC. The temperature was going up from the mid-day sun and this species of butterfly was starting to flit around the meadow flowers.
Notes:
Here is a link to one IDed last year for me by bayucca. If this is not the same, then I do not know what it is! Maybe Pacific Fritillary?!
@bayucca
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Boloria chariclea
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PublishedJuly 22, 2016
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