Common Wood-Nymph, the largest satyr in North Carolina, is very easy to identify at a distance thanks to the large creamy patch surrounding the forewing eye spots. As the missing wing section shows here, the pattern is repeated on the upper surface of the forewings.
Alleghany Co., NC 9/3/06.
The ones in Oregon look so different from the ones in North Carolina that they're almost unrecognizable.
Jefferson Co., OR 8/1/06.
