<div dir="ltr"><div>Alex,</div><div><br></div><div>I took a look at my email - I meant call Northern Crescent P. cocyta, not P. diminutor. Diminutor has been treated as a separate species for a while now. Nevertheless, the crescents that fly in June in NW CT (and other areas?) are probably not P. tharos.</div><div><br></div><div>Peter DeGennaro</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 10:38 AM, Alex Grkovich <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:AG@balatmp.com" target="_blank">AG@balatmp.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">This is a very good report. And that is a very nice Aphrodite specimen.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">That “Summer Crescent” really DOES look like Diminutor – if I understand just what diminutor is. Scott’s papers were obviously very good and very detailed –
and also quite difficult to follow; and NOBODY has, I think, followed up on them in terms of Field Guides.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Also, Northern Crescent (selenis/cocyta etc.) is NOT diminutor; diminutor is either a distinct species OR something related to cocyta/selenis. I don’t think
(Harry?) it is related to tharos.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"> <a href="mailto:ctleps-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">ctleps-l-bounces@mailman.yale.<wbr>edu</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:ctleps-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">ctleps-l-bounces@<wbr>mailman.yale.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Peter DeGennaro<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 08, 2016 9:41 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:Ctleps-l@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">Ctleps-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Ctleps-l] Belated reports - Winchester, Goshen, Windsor<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Some various sightings from June that I never got around to report:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">6/4 - Lenny Brown reported that we found an Aphrodite Fritillary at the Mad River Dam in Winchester, which is a new early record by six days. Here's a photo of the frit:
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<p class="MsoNormal">I also had a flyby White Admiral at McLean Game Refuge in Granby earlier on 6/4.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">6/12 - Goshen WMA, Goshen - I photographed an apparent Summer Crescent: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttps-253a-252f-252furldefense.proofpoint.com-252fv2-252furl-253fu-253dhttps-2D3A-5F-5Fflic.kr-5Fp-5FJDx1UR-2526d-253dCwMFaQ-2526c-253d-2Ddg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw-2526r-253dwPbNkt6T-5FH4X7m-5FPlvSFCGU2a9-2DcsNvfRK2IVMi-2Dmp0-2526m-253dMBCXqJHuNWhwmoe7015Ib-2DuLiLZ-5FVXflfWCGYRRE7xo-2526s-253d3Y-5FYhTBooykjRBR0H6jocS9yhbAZPMPpXXPFW1yK5zs-2526e-253d-26data-3D01-257c01-257cAG-2540balatmp.com-257ceaffda6ab11c471be46c08d3bff68a28-257c2e6e62c5ddae422ea7e6902b42c67999-257c0-26sdata-3DdzFyTVSaYaPxnfAwHlVtwqGxNM5lXLxOPYiQqNxhqec-253d&d=CwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=rGCRpszu4W4OvROf9OTrxeCRHx6GFbNrPKHebPxnANs&s=UTn213HRMhuMsNeFSkCYPMnAhHU3w5eBG7MuXo90rOc&e=" target="_blank">https://flic.kr/p/<wbr>JDx1UR</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also around were 4 Southern Cloudywings, 7 Northern Cloudywings, a few Silver-spotted Skippers, and 2 Gray Hairstreaks among other species. One of the Southern Cloudywings oviposited, and I managed to find the egg: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttps-253a-252f-252furldefense.proofpoint.com-252fv2-252furl-253fu-253dhttps-2D3A-5F-5Fflic.kr-5Fp-5FJgTnYS-2526d-253dCwMFaQ-2526c-253d-2Ddg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw-2526r-253dwPbNkt6T-5FH4X7m-5FPlvSFCGU2a9-2DcsNvfRK2IVMi-2Dmp0-2526m-253dMBCXqJHuNWhwmoe7015Ib-2DuLiLZ-5FVXflfWCGYRRE7xo-2526s-253dvJZUUAYKsVPmb3CKnDCXeqkwU7srwF-2Dbzby5IeA-5F68s-2526e-253d-26data-3D01-257c01-257cAG-2540balatmp.com-257ceaffda6ab11c471be46c08d3bff68a28-257c2e6e62c5ddae422ea7e6902b42c67999-257c0-26sdata-3DNtGZ1Yfl8j1PspZH0YxR4mfq4Ava0FnvzJgb56R2-252fK8-253d&d=CwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=rGCRpszu4W4OvROf9OTrxeCRHx6GFbNrPKHebPxnANs&s=z-PnbnX3IYj6VDL7K9Tpm5vjXIgkWZ-0_x3WiRkLlzA&e=" target="_blank">https://flic.kr/p/JgTnYS</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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