Fwd: Mimic (Hypolimnas misippus) on Fort Hood, Coryell Co., Texas

[Mike Quinn]

FYI, Mike Quinn, Austin


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Rich Kostecke <rkost73 at yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: Mimic (Hypolimnas misippus) on Fort Hood, Coryell Co.
To: TX-BUTTERFLY at listserv.uh.edu

I have posted a pic of the Mimic on my Flickr account
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kostecke/4615563222/.  Not necessarily the most
artistic shot, but good enough for ID purposes.  Certainly looks like a
male Mimic to me.  Congrats to David Cimprich for recognizing that it was
something really different and unusual and for getting at least a few pics
for documentation.

Rich

Richard Kostecke, Ph.D.
The Nature Conservancy
P.O. Box 5190, Fort Hood, Texas 76544-0190
Phone:  254-288-2088  Fax: 254-288-5039
E-mail: rkost73 at yahoo.com or rkostecke at tnc.org



----- Original Message ----
From: Rich Kostecke <rkost73 at yahoo.com>
To: TX-butterfly <tx-butterfly at listserv.uh.edu>
Sent: Sat, May 15, 2010 6:34:37 PM
Subject: Mimic (Hypolimnas misippus) on Fort Hood, Coryell Co.

I received a call from a colleague, David Cimprich,  to report that he
observed and photographed what appears to be a male Mimic (Hypolimnas
misippus) on Fort Hood (Coryell Co.) this afternoon.  I don't have access to
the pictures yet, but should by early next week.  Anyway, this seems like a
pretty obvious and unmistakable butterfly, but are there any other
possibilities that need to be considered?  He said it was about the size of
a Gulf Fritillary more or less.

It looks like TX has at least one other record of this species from the
Lower Rio Grande Valley (Cameron Co.), or are there others?

I assume this individual would be a vagrant from the Caribbean?  Or, is this
a species that gets captive-bred and released much?

Thanks,

Rich

Richard Kostecke, Ph.D.
The Nature Conservancy
P.O. Box 5190, Fort Hood, Texas 76544-0190
Phone:  254-288-2088  Fax: 254-288-5039
E-mail: rkost73 at yahoo.com or rkostecke at tnc.org

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