Eurema lisa

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Doug
He didn't state any species as such he only described them as a mass 
of yellow butterflies. Unfortunately Mr. Columbus was a navigator 
and not a lepidopterist. It is said however that the first 
entomological report ever sent back from the 'New World' was 
when he described the crickets near his encampment.
Rick

MexicoDoug at aol.com wrote:
> 
> Rick,are you sure it was E. lisa?  For your case at least, seriously, that
> whimpy, fragile b-fly couldn't handle any real winds.  I always thought they
> were most probably _Ascia monuste_ or distantly possibly _Appias drusilla_.
> (i.e., the Southern White, or possibly the Tropical White).
> 
> Doug Dawn
> Monterrey, Mexico
> 
> En un mensaje con fecha 02/04/2002 7:40:45 AM Central Standard Time,
> butrfly at epix.net escribe:
> 
> << Kenelm Philip pointed out as reported in Scudder's there was a mass
>  flight of _Eurema lisa_ which was seen by several people and
>  fishermen stated their boats were literally covered with these
>  butterflies. Christopher Columbus recorded a similar experience
>  off the coast of the Dominican Republic  >>
> 
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