Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1142511

Observation date: September 17, 2017
Submitted by: Anne Wills
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Sunny, 82 degrees, light breeze, low humidity. The butterfly was intently gathering nectar from a spray of wingstem . Nearby were oak, maple, sycamore, cherry, locust, beech, sweet gum, dogwood, buckeye, multiflora rose, goldenrod, wingstem, joe pye weed, boneset, tall thistle, lobelia, red clover, mouse ears, cinnamon vine, honeysuckle, poison ivy, grape vines.
Status: Temporary Colonist
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: September 20, 2017
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): Putnam County, United States, West Virginia