FW: SATYRODES?

[Grkovich, Alex]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Grkovich, Alex 
> Sent:	Friday, July 12, 2002 8:04 AM
> To:	'gzgolet at attglobal.net'
> Cc:	'ct-leps at lists.yale.edu'
> Subject:	RE: SATYRODES?
> 
> Yes, Hank. I'd like to see them. I have about two dozen or so (not that
> many really) of Satyrodes, from Mass., Maine, and Ontario (and also from
> VA). This group seems to be a real mess. Your specimen from few days ago
> was an Appalachian, that's reasonably for sure. But some of them are
> rather baffling, and while Glassberg's (and someone else, was it Scott?)
> statement that there seems to be some hybridization going on, is a step in
> the right track, somehow it doesn't seem to entirely satisfy it, at least
> here in the east.
> 
> For example, I have "Eyed Browns" that are VERY strongly marked below, and
> rather dark above with long FW, from northern Maine, Lewiston, Maine and
> in eastern MA. Then I have an "Eyed Brown" from eastern MA, smaller,
> shorter rounded FW (i.e. different wing shape???????) with light brown
> ground color above, not so strongly marked, but with strongly jagged lines
> below. Then I have what looks to be appalachia from eastern MA, darker,
> but found in the same habitat as some of the Eyed Browns. Then in in early
> August 2000, at our company picnic (I had neither net nor camera) I saw
> reddish brown appalachia in a dry field/woods environment flying around;
> unfortunate that I didn't get a couple specimens or photos. Then again I
> have appalachia from sw Ontario, long FW, large, light buff color, reduced
> eyespots below, but they are very distinctly appalachia. These were found
> in a dry deep field and also inside a deep woodland adjacent the field; a
> very different habitat from where I found appalachia (or whatever) in MA.
> 
> I think the story of these is not finished. More work is needed on sorting
> these out.
> 
> Alex
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Hank and Gerie Golet [SMTP:gzgolet at attglobal.net]
> Sent:	Thursday, July 11, 2002 8:54 PM
> To:	butterfly posting
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> From Hank Golet, 7/11, Lyme, 6 or more APPALACHIAN BROWNS and 1 NORTHERN
> PEARLY EYE this morning.  Good top and bottom views of the A Brown if
> anyone wants to see them.