Judy, This is an interesting specimen. The extensive white border around the eye spots suggests a Southern Pearly-eye. The smallest eye spot on the forewing is very small to nonexistent. I have found no mention of this phenomenon in any of my references. Photographs in Cech & Tudor and in Glassberg show the forewing spots in the Southern Pearly-eye are four different sizes, while the Northern Pearly-eye has only two sizes. Question for the net: are these different spot sizes diagnostic? My personal opinion is Southern Pearly-eye, but I would like to hear from some of our real experts on this one. Harold Howell Grainger County Rutledge, TN On 5/31/12 12:16 PM, "Judy Fuson" <judyf@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Need some help on this pearly-eye. I don't know exactly which kind it > is. Found it in a wooded area above a shallow creek on County House Rd > near Smithville in DeKalb County while doing bird watching and didn't > get a good picture of it, but hope someone can help me identify it. > > Thanks, > Judy Fuson > Smithville, TN > DeKalb County The FAQ can be found by logging in at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=tn-butterflies Please report any abuse or questions about this list to kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx Users can unsubscribe from this list by sending an email to tn-butterflies-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.