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On a day of nature viewing to the east of Sault Ste. Marie we came across a good variety of early butterfly species and some were cooperative enough to have a frame or two taken.
This sighting was reported to www.e-butterfly.org and is now a part of the Ontario Butterfly Atlas. www.ontarioinsects.org/Squares/index_2.html St Joseph Island
Vorkommen: Waldnähe, aber auch im Siedlungsbereich; häufig
Nahrungspflanze der Raupe: Brennnessel
KSF S. 170
South Fork Silver Creek, near Wright's Lake, El Dorado National Forest, California
the top left, damaged individual is A. zerene monticola, the central Sierran ssp. The much fresher specimen beneath it with dark basal area is probably A. irene (or hesperis irene). The specimen on the right is either A. irene again, or perhaps A. egleis.
From iNaturalist - www.inaturalist.org/observations/15333187
Previously considered to be P. yeba malvina. Per Stephane Altal it is now a full species with two subspecies .
When resting with wings closed this butterfly has excellent camouflage, the jagged outline of the wings giving the appearance of a withered leaf, making the butterfly inconspicuous when resting on a tree trunk or when hibernating.