Looks like a new US (Texas) record...<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>Photos posted here:<div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chihuahuan-Desert-Research-Institute/31743057682" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chihuahuan-Desert-Research-Institute/31743057682</a></div>
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compare:</div><div><a href="http://butterfliesofamerica.com/polygonia_haroldi.htm" target="_blank">http://butterfliesofamerica.com/polygonia_haroldi.htm</a><br clear="all"><div><br><div>Mike Quinn, Austin</div></div><div class="im">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Cathryn Hoyt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:choyt@cdri.org" target="_blank">choyt@cdri.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Yesterday, while monitoring pollinators of rare plants in the Davis Mountains, I was distracted by a butterfly that was soaring overhead and landing at the spring. It is an anglewing of some type, but was notable for the lack of ornamentation on the upper wing surface and the coloration that faded from orange to a lighter, yellow orange at the base of the wings.<br>
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Could this be a Spotless Anglewing (Polygonia haroldi)?<br>
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Photographs are posted on the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute's Facebook page. Any help with identification would be greatly appreciated.<br>
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Thank you,<br>
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Dr. Cathryn Hoyt<br>
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Director of Research<br>
Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute<br>
Fort Davis, TX 79734<br>
<a href="http://www.cdri.org" target="_blank">www.cdri.org</a> </blockquote></div></div></div>
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