nokomis

[Hank Brodkin]

Andy -
As always - you are right.  I forgot that we discussed this before.
Actually the specimen I am looking at depicted in Mariposas Mexicans was
collected very close to where I was seeing the butterflies no longer in
question.
Thanks!

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Hank Brodkin
Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ
hbrodkin at earthlink.net
SouthEast Arizona Butterfly Association (SEABA)
http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabasa/home.html
"Butterflies of Arizona - a Photographic Guide"
by Bob Stewart, Priscilla Brodkin and Hank Brodkin
http://home.earthlink.net/~hbrodkin/book.html

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Hank Brodkin
Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ
hbrodkin at earthlink.net
SouthEast Arizona Butterfly Association (SEABA)
http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabasa/home.html
"Butterflies of Arizona - a Photographic Guide"
by Bob Stewart, Priscilla Brodkin and Hank Brodkin
http://home.earthlink.net/~hbrodkin/book.html

----- Original Message -----
From: <warrena at science.oregonstate.edu>
To: "Hank Brodkin" <hbrodkin at earthlink.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 5:32 PM
Subject: nokomis


>
>
> Hi Hank,
>
> I thought we might have corresponded about this before.  Nokomis is not
known
> that far south.  The farthest south it is known is Aguascalientes.
>
> All Mexican nokomis are known from August to October.
>
> If you saw a Speyeria, it is just as likely to be something undescribed as
it
> is to be a nokomis.
>
> I still very strongly favor the hypothesis that you saw Dione moneta.
These
> prefer open pine woods, up to 12,000', and are very common in February all
over
> Mexico.
>
> Without a specimen, we will never know.  But I think that nokomis in
Oaxaca is
> extremely unlikely, and adult nokomis anywhere in February is most likely
> impossible.
>
> Best,
> Andy
>
>


 
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