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Milbert's Tortoiseshell Butterfly

Aglais milberti

Photo by CassieKos
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Field Notes

Description:

I'm not sure what kind of butterfly these are but they are beautiful. I'm sure they were migrating because there were many of them and they loved the echinacea flowers.

Habitat:

Flower patch containing echinacea flowers.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
CassieKos
Thanks, that's exactly what they look like!
DanielePralong
Hi CassieKos! These are possibly Milbert's Tortoiseshell (Aglais milberti)... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aglais_milberti
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PublishedDecember 27, 2011

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