One of the rarest butterflies in North Carolina, with only a handful of records. On 16 October 2002, Sudie Daves found 5 individuals at McDowell Nature Preserve near Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC. These may have hatched locally, after a gravid female wandered over from further west, where the species is common, and laid eggs at the site. I photographed this one there on 10/18/02.