<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471639972237_5195">Subspecies strigosus [= thersippus] has strayed to eastern Mass.a few years ago. This is the southwestern ssp of the Queen.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471639972237_5196"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471639972237_5197">So west to east strays can take place.</div><div><br></div><div>Alex<br> </div><div><span></span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471639972237_5202" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471639972237_5201" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471639972237_5200" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471639972237_5199" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471639972237_5198" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Peter DeGennaro <degennap@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Donna <sunny19682@comcast.net> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Butterfly Posting <CTLEPS-L@mailman.yale.edu><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, August 19, 2016 4:05 PM<br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471639972237_5204"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471639972237_5203" style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Ctleps-l] Branford yard<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471639972237_5205" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv8946105266"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Donna,</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I agree that it's a Cassius Blue, very cool find! They are known to stray to some extent; however, any this far north are likely the result of the chrysalis or larva being transported through human means. Interestingly, the closely related Marine Blue did stage a widespread incursion into the East from the western US a number of years ago, though that was an east-west movement as opposed to north-south.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Peter DeGennaro</div><div>Naugatuck</div></div><div class="yiv8946105266gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv8946105266gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Donna <span dir="ltr"><<a href="" class="removed-link" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:sunny19682@comcast.net" target="_blank">sunny19682@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv8946105266gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><u></u>
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<div><font face="Calibri">While out checking the gardens about an hour ago, I
happened upon this butterfly that I am unsure of the ID - I believe it is a
Cassius Blue based on my two butterfly books which call it a stray into our
area. Please feel free to correct it. Not sure of the plant it was
taking nectar from (a "weed" I let grow) but stayed for about a half hour before
I returned inside.</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Calibri">Also had 3 Spicebush Swallowtails, 1 Red Admiral, 1
Broad-winged Skipper, 1 Cabbage White, 1 Monarch and 1 tiger
Swallowtail.</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Calibri">Donna Lorello</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri">Branford</font></div></div></div>
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