L anthedon or L. creola Identification?

[John Shuey]

Hi Tom - assuming that the photo below makes it though the list server
filter - you can see that your bug is E. anthedon.  The best character
is the median ventral FW line that is "punched out" toward the apex in
creala and fairly flat in anthedon.  

 

Best,

j shuey

 


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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-leps-l at lists.yale.edu [mailto:owner-leps-l at lists.yale.edu]
On Behalf Of Tom Middagh
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 11:23 AM
To: leps-l at lists.yale.edu
Subject: L anthedon or L. creola Identification?

Can anybody help with this butterfly ID.
To me it leans toward a female Lethe creola but might just be a female
Lethe anthedon abberration.  I found several L. anthedon and one of
these odd ones.  The L. creola shouldn't be this far North from what I
can find in the books.  But butterflies seldom read those.

http://www.frontiernet.net/~trgarden/TomMidda/pearly%20eye%20under%20web
1.jpg

http://www.frontiernet.net/~trgarden/TomMidda/pearly%20eye%20under%20web
2.jpg

Field Data:
Cherokee, Iowa
USA
August 29,1987


Thanks
Happy New Year
Tom Middagh




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