Juvenal's Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis)

Juvenal's Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis)

Durham Co., NC 4/3/05.

Juvenal's Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis)

A puddle party.

Botetourt Co., VA 4/19/05.

Juvenal's Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis)

A worn female.

Orange Co., NC 6/6/07.

Juvenal's Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis)

Abundant in early spring, these brown butterflies are nearly identical to Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius), which is abundant in summer.

These two kept touching the tip of their abdomens to the gravel road.

Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange Co., NC 3/16/02.

Juvenal's Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis)

The two large white spots on the underside of the hindwing help separate Juvenal's from Horace's Duskywing, which lacks these.

Bath Co., VA 4/19/05.

Juvenal's Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis)

Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange Co., NC 3/16/02.

Juvenal's Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis)

Female at Occoneechee Mountain, Orange Co., NC 4/7/02.

Juvenal's Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis)

This one was trapped by a Black Widow spider; still struggling. Occoneechee Mountain, Orange Co., NC 4/7/02.

North Carolina Butterflies

Revised 6/11/07 cwcook@duke.edu

All photographs and text ©2007 by Will Cook unless otherwise noted.