Desert Cloudywing (Thorybes casica)

Uncommon in oak-juniper woodlands in southern AZ, NM, and the Big Bend region of TX.

Formerly treated as Achalarus casica or Cecropterus casica, recent evidence shows Desert Cloudywing actually belongs in the cloudywing genus Thorybes!


Desert Cloudywing (Thorybes casica)
Carr Canyon, Cochise Co., AZ
28 July 2017

Desert Cloudywing (Thorybes casica)
Harshaw Rd., Santa Cruz Co., AZ
27 July 2017

Desert Cloudywing (Thorybes casica)
Ruby Rd., Santa Cruz Co., AZ
27 July 2017


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