Seems too chocolate brown for "hesperis brico" The ventral silvered spots were extremely shiny. Not a large fritillary. Impression was that dorsal basal area was fairly dark as it flew off. Nectaring on Buddleia. @crispinguppy
Great Basin Wood-Nymph
Cercyonis sthenele
Beaver Creek,
at Beaver Creek Ski Area
Fremont Co., Wyoming
18 August 2008
Seems too chocolate brown for "hesperis brico" The ventral silvered spots were extremely shiny. Not a large fritillary. Impression was that dorsal basal area was fairly dark as it flew off. Nectaring on Buddleia. @crispinguppy