Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec
5 Aug 2005
Here are a few butterflies from a recent trip to southern Quebec plus a brief side trip to southeastern Ontario. All pictures were taken with a Nikon CoolPix 4500. Enjoy!
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| Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 |
same individual |
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| Pink-edged Sulphur (Colias interior) Parc Regional des Sept-Chutes, Quebec 6 Aug 2005 |
probably Pink-edged Sulphur (Colias interior) Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 |
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| probably Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice philodice) Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 |
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| Eastern Tailed-Blue (Everes comyntas comyntas) Mer Bleue Bog, Ontario 7 Aug 2005 |
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| Aphrodite Fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite aphrodite) St.-Michel-des-Saints, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 |
same individual |
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| Atlantis Fritillary (Speyeria atlantis atlantis) Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 |
Atlantis Fritillary (Speyeria atlantis atlantis) Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 |
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| Atlantis Fritillary (Speyeria atlantis atlantis) Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 |
Atlantis Fritillary (Speyeria atlantis atlantis) Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 |
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Atlantis Fritillary (Speyeria atlantis atlantis) St.-Michel-des-Saints, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 Atlantis Fritillaries in the east show blue-gray eyes, unlike Aphrodite Fritillaries which show yellow-green eyes. |
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| Silver-bordered Fritillary (Boloria selene atrocostalis) Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 |
same individual |
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Purplish Fritillary (Boloria montinus grandis) Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 This butterfly goes by several scientific names, depending on which resource you use, including: Boloria montinus grandis, Boloria titania grandis, Boloria chariclea grandis, and Chlosiana titania grandis. |
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| Purplish Fritillary (Boloria montinus grandis) Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 |
same individual |
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| Purplish Fritillary (Boloria montinus grandis) Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 |
same individual |
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This 100m meter section of road from the ridge top to the little wetland in the dip at the bottom is the only place I found Purplish Fritillaries. Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 |
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| Green comma (Polygonia faunus faunus) Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 |
same individual |
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| Milbert's Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis milberti milberti) Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 |
same individual |
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| Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 |
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| America Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 |
America Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 |
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| American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) On host plant Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 |
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This one's for you, Todd! |
| White Admiral (Limenitis arthemis arthemis) Mer Bleue Bog, Ontario 7 Aug 2005 |
same individual |
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| 'Inornate' Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia inornata) Mer Bleue Bog, Ontario 7 Aug 2005 |
'Inornate' Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia inornata) Mer Bleue Bog, Ontario 7 Aug 2005 |
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| Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma laurentina) Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 |
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same Common Branded Skipper with a blurry Peck's Skipper (Polites peckius) Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 |
Created on ... August 29, 2005 | Update on ... August 30, 2005 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com