Another graphic that I almost overlooked. Provides a useful comparison with other populations. 3 of the taxa are from Colorado. I see that I labelled the Appalachian atlantis in this old file as "ssp"

The book 'butterflies of south dakota' 2002 says that the only South Dakota population of atlantis is in the Black Hills and is Speyeria atlantis pahasapa.

I see 3 subspecies of hesperis in Canada. Some might see 4 and some might see one and some might not even see hesperis at all. The unsilvered specimens are both singletons from their respective popula

In my experience, S. hesperis with unsilvered ventral hindwings are rare in Canada. I remember only collecting 2 such specimens; one in prairie Alberta and one in Purcell Mtns of British Columbia. Her

A few more faded old specimens, comparing Speyeria atlantis and hesperis from east-central British Columbia. https://flic.kr/p/2nZtcn7

An example of specimen fading with age, using 2 specimens of Speyeria atlantis : https://flic.kr/p/2nZgYEF The fresh one was imaged in Aug this year; the old one was imaged in 2020

I just learned that on Nov 10, Elfriede (aka Mecky) Furr of Tennessee passed away. I exchanged butterfly specimens and corresponded with her in the 1980's. Ulf Eitschberger named Pieris marginalis mec

Another graphic of atlantis-hesperis sympatry from extreme southern British Columbia. Less than 1 km from the BC-WA border https://flic.kr/p/2nYZmSX Too bad the atlantis especially fade so much over t

And here is a live shot comparison of male hesperis, aphrodite, atlantis, cybele in Alberta https://flic.kr/p/28FqcCt Note that Rocky Mountain House is NOT located in the Rocky Mountains.

And after sending the link to the unspread atlantis, hesperis and aphrodite; here are spread views of the two aphrodite -- https://flic.kr/p/LFqeQZ

And here are shots of sympatric and synchronic atlantis, hesperis and aphrodite photographed within a few hours of collection: https://flic.kr/p/297FsEn

And here are some newer but still faded flatland hesperis collected along with atlantis, which of course are also faded. https://flic.kr/p/2kjzWzx

And here are better pics of the holotype of Speyeria aphrodite manitoba https://flic.kr/p/2nYSfGD

While going through my frit images on flickr; I realized that I had not uploaded shots of the holotype of Speyeria cybele pseudocarpenteri. So I just took care of that delinquent chore --- https://fli

Hi Bill, here are my thoughts, as requested: To me the venters of local cybele and hesperis are substantially different. Here are pics of some Alberta cybele: https://flic.kr/p/28oNN3u Some individual

Today I made a graphic aka 'digital plate' of some male Speyeria hesperis brico from east-central British Columbia. Here is the link: https://flic.kr/p/2nYLUUt And for anyone wondering how brico compa

Noticed 9 year old shots of C. skada in the image morgue this evening. They were done while the specimen was still fresh, so I could not resist making a little graphic. https://flic.kr/p/2nYJqzj For a

I have uploaded a map to my flickr site. It is a larger, digital version of the one printed in 2001 Butterflies of BC book https://flic.kr/p/2nYDakh The current efauna BC site uses a different mapping

Will take some time but will see what I can do. For starters, I have some existing BC aphrodite graphics here: https://flic.kr/p/KNNSPr https://flic.kr/p/2dGHJkK https://flic.kr/p/RoRyB8 https://flic.

Another comparison plate with old specimens from near the British Columbia-Washington border. https://flic.kr/p/2nYCgty