[Ctleps-l] Dark female E Tiger Swallowtail

Grkovich, Alex AG at balatmp.com
Tue Aug 18 17:18:29 EDT 2015


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
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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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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= <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.flickr.com_photos_connecticutpete_20483702129_&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=bgZ6kDQeJt7G712CA7PzDHLLCbNgqxFMig4OokhLnUU&s=uNFqagzbzgmq_bVRQUF3ouYP5_-WHB8Q7JlbhedsO98&e=>

Peter DeGennaro
Naugatuck
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