Duskywings can be identification challenges! Females tend to be more mottled than males. This species has fairly large whitish subabpical spots along with a white spot closer to the body than the wrist patch along the leading edge of the forewing.
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius), Male Manteo, Dare Co., NC 18 Sep 2024 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius), Female Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC 4 Sep 2024 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius), Male New Hanover Co., NC 27 Aug 2005 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius), Male Person Co., NC 13 Jun 2006 |
Size and brightness of white spots near wing tips are variable, and the inner "wrist spot" may be absent, resembling Zarucco Duskywing. | ||
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius), Male Orange Co., NC 29 July 2008 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius), Male Watauga Co., NC 23 Aug 2016 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) Durham Division Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 23 Aug 2020 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) Durham Division Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 17 Aug 2014 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius), Female Nectaring on Lespediza Orange Co., NC 20 Aug 2005 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius), Female Orange Co., NC 15 June 2006 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius), Female Nectaring on Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Orange Co., NC 16 July 2003 |
Pettigrew State Park Washington Co., NC 21 June 2003 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius), Female Nectaring on Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Blackwood Division of Duke Forest Orange Co., NC 25 July 2003 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius), Female New Hanover Co., NC 28 August 2004 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius), Female Chowan Swamp GL, Hertford Co., NC 20 Sep 2023 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) Tomkins Knob Overlook, Wilkes Co., NC 15 May 2020 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) Duke Forest Durham Division, Orange Co., NC 27 Aug 2019 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius), Female Sandhills Game Lands, Richmond Co., NC 4 Aug 2016 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius), female Durham Co., NC 19 Aug 2007 Note that Horace's normally do NOT show those two white subapical underhindwing spots... |
This is likely a spring brood Horace's Duskywing from the mountains, where the huge majority of larger duskywings at this time of year are Juvenal's. Alternatively, this could be a Juvenal's that lacks the 2 subapical underhindwing spots. Haywood Co., NC13 May 2006 | |
Many butterflies, especially duskywings will annoy the photographer by partially closing their wings when approached by the camera from above! Buncombe Co., NC8 July 2006 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) mated pair Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 16 Aug 2015 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) Duke Forest Durham Division, Orange Co., NC 11 Aug 2019 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) Duke Forest Durham Division, Orange Co., NC 11 Aug 2019 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) Duke Forest Durham Division, Durham Co., NC 9 July 2018 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 21 June 2020 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) Elizabethan Gardens, Dare Co., NC 20 June 2020 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) Elizabethan Gardens, Dare Co., NC 20 June 2020 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 1 Aug 2020 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC 4 Apr 2021 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) Rougemont, Durham Co., NC 7 June 2017 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) Lumber River S.P., Scotland Co., NC 25 May 2023 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) Lumber River S.P., Scotland Co., NC 25 May 2023 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC 6 Aug 2024 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) Bluestem Conservation Cemetery, Orange Co., NC 14 Aug 2024 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) Lumber River S.P., Scotland Co., NC 25 May 2023 |
Horace's Duskywings (Erynnis horatius) Lumber River S.P., Scotland Co., NC 25 May 2023 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) caterpillar Kankakee Sands, Newton Co., IN 28 July 2015 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) Kankakee Sands, Newton Co., IN 28 July 2015 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) Royal Gorge, Fremont Co., CO 11 July 2016 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) Eagle Nest Lake Unit, San Bernard NWR, Brazoria Co., TX 24 Apr 2018 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) Matheson Hammock Park, Miami-Dade Co., FL 17 Sep 2016 |
Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) caterpillar Eno Division Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 11 Oct 2013 This is most likely a Horace's Duskywing caterpillar based on time of year. Feeding on Southern Red Oak (Quercus falcata). |
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