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Subject: [Leica] A Tale of Two Butterflies
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 22:08:34 -0500
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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
>
>
>> El 27 set 2016, a les 17:38, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va 
>> escriure:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Gray+Hairstreak+2.TIFF.html
>>
>> A Gray Hairstreak captured with my  1890 Ross London lens
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Soldier+_amp_+Hairstreak.TIFF.html
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Thanks for your patience.  And thanks again, Dean, for the quick response 
>> and help.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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