[Leica] A Tale of Two Butterflies

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks again, Lluis.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 9/29/2016 6:52 PM, lluisripollphotography wrote:
> Very nice Jim, the second picture is my favorite
> Lluis
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>> El 27 set 2016, a les 17:38, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va escriure:
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>> I would like to clear up the butterfly puzzle that has been bothering me since yesterday, when I posted two shots of a blue-gray butterfly that I called a Gray Hairstreak, because it appears in several on-line photo sets under that name.  However, I had captured a Gray Hairstreak three weeks earlier, and the markings were somewhat different.
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>> After consulting with Dean Hansen, the OM list butterfly authority, I now know that the recent sighting is an "Eastern Tailed Blue".  Dean kindly pointed out the specific markings that detail the differences.  I have corrected the titles and will add the links below in case anyone wants to take another look.
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>> Eastern Tailed Blue (the tail is more visible in the next image)
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Gray+Hairstreak+on+Goldenrod.TIFF.html
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Gray+Hairstreak+2.TIFF.html
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>> A Gray Hairstreak captured with my  1890 Ross London lens
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Soldier+_amp_+Hairstreak.TIFF.html
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>> Note the difference in alignment of the spots on the outer part of the wings, as well as the blue spot between the two orange spots.
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>> Thanks for your patience.  And thanks again, Dean, for the quick response and help.
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>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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