Unkown butterfly
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Unkown butterfly

Shortsighted

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This butterfly doesn't seem to exactly resemble a Buckeye, nor a Wood Satyr ... I don't know what it is. Underwing ID is always more difficult.




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I looked at some butterfly photos and the underwing closely resembles American Painted Lady.


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Thanks. I never even thought of that direction. I shot an American Lady in the backyard not that long ago, so this could be another one. The under-wing of a Painted Lady is slightly different and so I didn't even check American Lady. It's so obvious when someone else points it out.