Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1238491

Observation date: October 27, 2019
Date notes: Sighted earlier possibly
Submitted by: Annaed
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Sat in one spot for up to twelve hour without movement. Only when nudged did it move a bit. It spread it's wings and eventually flew off. It was a way day, in the sixty's, with no rain.
Status: Resident
Verified by: owlbyr
Verified date: October 06, 2022
Coordinator notes: From bugguide.net. "There is no 100% consistent diagnostic characteristic in wing maculation or spots/no spots on the patagia (the "collar"), to reliably distinguish nais/carlotta/phalerata/vittata."
Checklist region(s): United States, Alabama, Madison County

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