[TN-Butterflies] FW: review of duskywing photo
- From: "Stephen Stedman" <SStedman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:07:19 -0500
Although a near unanimous consensus developed among state butterfliers
that Allan Trently's Lewis County duskywing was a Mottled, just to be
extra careful I sent the photo to John Burns of the National Museum of
Natural History. John's reply (below) confirms what many believed to be
the case. Note that Allan's individual was a female; the more brightly
whitish individuals I have seen or seen photos of previously have all
been males, so it was good to see what a female looks like for
comparative purposes.
John also attached a PDF of one of his recent papers on a topic-false
eyes on caterpillars--that may interest TN-Butterfliers.
Good butterflying, Steve Stedman
Cookeville (Putnam County)
From: Burns, John [mailto:BURNSJ@xxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 12:58 PM
To: Stephen Stedman
Subject: RE: review of duskywing photo
Steve, that's a female Erynnis martialis.
For fun, I'm attaching a pdf of a recent paper that may interest you.
Best,
John
From: Stephen Stedman [mailto:SStedman@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 12:24 PM
To: Burns, John
Subject: review of duskywing photo
Hi John,
Please review this photo and verify species and please give sex, if
possible.
Thanks, Steve
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