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Red-spotted purple butterfly
Basilarchia astyanax
38.4758, -80.8408
Field Notes
Description:
This butterfly is blue to blue-green. Has brick-red spots along border and wing base. This is a male. Females lack red spotting. It measures 3-3 and 3/8" (76-86 mm).
Habitat:
This butterfly was spotted in a field near a shopping center in West Virginia.
Open woodlands, forest edges, nearby meadows, watercourses, shorelines, and roads and paths.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedNovember 5, 2013
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