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Red Spotted Purple

Limenitis arthemis astyanax

Photo by DianneFrost
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

The butterfly was spotted at the bottom entrance parking lot to the Arkaquah Trail to Brasstown Bald, GA

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
DianneFrost
Oh, you are right, thanks Keith!!! I will fix that. :-)
KeithRoragen
These are two different butterflies. The first is a R-S Purple, The second looks like a Pipevine Swallowtail - Battus philenor

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PublishedAugust 27, 2011

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