[Ctleps-l] Dark female E Tiger Swallowtail

Tue Aug 18 20:16:20 EDT 2015

Appalachiensis was off my radar because its flight should be over by now
and they are not, to my knowledge known from CT. However, Eric Cummings
photographed one in NY (one of only a handful of records) this year on July
22, which would normally be far past its flight:
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.butterfliesandmoths.org_sighting-5Fdetails_1057059&d=AwIFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=f0f-43DxwE85FqLhpic9DvlBAlGI3-DLTtsTTMv4xPI&s=3uc_bJ4RkB9ZFCjkfZ9h1JLS8B0QAFTuuOI0Hhnlvyg&e= .

FWIW, this individual was massive; it looked like a bat flying out there.
But glaucus also get big this time of year...

Anyone else have any opinions?

Peter DeGennaro
Naugatuck

On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Grkovich, Alex <AG at balatmp.com> wrote:

> Yes, Rick...But remember that we are talking here about southern New
> England.....not the southern Appalachians.
>
> In eastern Massachusetts, we start seeing these large non-glaucus types
> (the males) in early July.......and we see large females in good to
> excellent condition in late July/early August (I collected one recently -
> about 10 days ago - near West Newbury, MA...so a somewhat worn
> "appalachiensis" female in mid-August is not to be unexpected.
>
> Examine the phenotype of this female closely - wingshape (FW in
> particular), that strong yellow FW bar at the cell-end, the characters of
> the blue on the HW etc. Then compare to Appy female on the BofA and in
> Pavulaan and Wrght's TILS papers on Appy.
>
> Again, I do not think this is a glaucus female.....
>
> Alex
> ________________________________________
> From: Rick Borchelt [rborchelt at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 2:04 PM
> To: Grkovich, Alex
> Cc: Peter De Gennaro; ctleps-l at mailman.yale.edu
> Subject: Re: [Ctleps-l] Dark female E Tiger Swallowtail
>
> But isn't appalachiensis univoltine?
>
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 8:59 AM, Grkovich, Alex <AG at balatmp.com<mailto:
> AG at balatmp.com>> wrote:
> Peter,
>
> That looks more like a female Appalachiensis..............I don't think
> that is glaucus. Check the comparative photos of female glaucus and
> appalachiensis on the (Welcome to) Butterflies of America.....
>
> Alex
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> To: ctleps-l at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:ctleps-l at mailman.yale.edu>
> Subject: [Ctleps-l] Dark female E Tiger Swallowtail
>
> 8/17 - Naugatuck yard - I had a dark female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
> today on buddleia when I came home from work. They are annual in my yard.
>
> Dorsal shot:
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.flickr.com_photos_connecticutpete_20049483773_&d=AwIFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=0MfvfnZdJgaZL7LNNEh4keeS4SSV8VIMG3yT56K9tDg&s=BQyZvMzaAqftEQeKV-lSHgZyCR5h_Kd5yZNgIpwu2-0&e=
> <
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.flickr.com_photos_connecticutpete_20049483773_&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=bgZ6kDQeJt7G712CA7PzDHLLCbNgqxFMig4OokhLnUU&s=jy2P4pre3X8vpoBbtK57dPcuL5sy6ecnccqOLZ60bnc&e=
> >
>
> Ventral shot:
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.flickr.com_photos_connecticutpete_20483702129_&d=AwIFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=0MfvfnZdJgaZL7LNNEh4keeS4SSV8VIMG3yT56K9tDg&s=2xe0a-alH5pQzMeS5w5p23MjVAWkDIrCmxnkvgphgWo&e=
> <
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>
> Peter DeGennaro
> Naugatuck
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