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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Butterflies and Skippers</title>
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		<title>Tiger Swallowtail, but what species???</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/17/tiger-swallowtail-but-what-species/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canadian or Eastern Tiger Swallowtail?
March 15, 2010
This picture was taken May 2009 in upstate NY (near Albany). I&#8217;ve narrowed it down to either a Canadian or Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly and wondered if you could help with a specific identification. Thank you!
Naomi
Albany, NY
Hi Naomi,
We haven&#8217;t the necessary skills to differentiate between the various Tiger Swallowtails [...]


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		<title>Great Orange Tip Butterfly: Photographed at the Krohn Conservatory</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/01/great-orange-tip-butterfly-where-was-this-asian-species-photographed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[pic for your website
March 1, 2010
just thought i would send a pic that i took of a cool hebomoia glaucippe aturia or orange tip butterfly for you to post on your site. been usin the site since i was 5 and im 16 now and it hasn&#8217;t let me down yet.
josh &#8220;scorpion&#8221; smith
cincinnati ohio
Hi again [...]


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		<title>Brush Footed Butterfly from Malaysia:  The Rustic</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/02/03/brush-footed-butterfly-from-malaysia-the-rustic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/02/03/brush-footed-butterfly-from-malaysia-the-rustic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Butterfly ID
February 2, 2010
Shot this on a sunny day in an aboriginal village in Pertak. Could you please help id this specie as I couldn&#8217;t find it in Corbet &#38; Pendlebury&#8221;s Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula.
Buttefly lover
Malaysia
Dear Butterfly Lover,
This is one of the Brush Footed Butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, but we are uncertain of [...]


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		<title>Silver Emperor</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/01/24/22988/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[unidentified Mexican butterfly Jan. 2010
January 24, 2010
Thank you for the ID of the Many Banded Daggerwing. This smaller, orange, black and white beauty was in the same area on the Mexican Yucatan peninsula. I am hoping you can tell me more.
fparker
Mexico Yucatan area
Hi again fparker,
Before we clicked and enlarged your photo, we thought it might [...]


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		<title>Many Banded Daggerwing from Mexico</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/01/24/many-banded-daggerwing-from-mexico/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/01/24/many-banded-daggerwing-from-mexico/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Striped anglewing butterfly?
January 24, 2010
Thank you for your help in identifying this butterfly found in a jungle, mangrove area on yucatan peninsula in January, 2010.
F Parker
Puerto Morelos, Mexico
Dear F Parker,
This is a Many Banded Daggerwing, Marpesia chiron, a species, according to BugGuide, that ranges from &#8220;West Indies and Mexico south to Argentina. Rare stray to [...]


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		<title>Zebra Swallowtail</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/12/24/zebra-swallowtail-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[White butterfly with black stripes
December 24, 2009
Just wanted you to confirm that this is a zebra swallowtail. If it isn&#8217;t please identify it for me. It sure likes my G.G. Gerbing Azaleas.
Thanks. Leslie
Saing Francisville, LA
Hi Leslie,
This is a Zebra Swallowtail, Eurytides marcellus, which is well represented on BugGuide.  It is the only species in the [...]


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		<title>Blue Tiger Butterfly from Solomon Islands</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/12/20/blue-tiger-butterfly-from-solomon-islands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 20, 2009
Attached is a video frame-grab of a milkweed butterfly that we encountered on a hike along the Tenaru River, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.  The location was about midway between the coast and Tenaru Falls and was videotaped on November 10, 2009.   This is about the best I can do to sharpen the video frame [...]


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		<title>Peacock Pansy from India</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/12/14/peacock-pansy-from-india/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[beautiful small butterfly
December 14, 2009
I took this photo of a butterfly with my mobile camera after following it for quite some time. the time was around 4:30 pm on september 28 ,2009.I took this photo outside the hospital where I work ,which is about three miles from the coastline, close to Cochin,Kerala,South India. the small [...]


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		<title>Glasswing Butterfly from Argentina</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/12/09/glasswing-butterfly-from-argentina/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can&#8217;t find identification for these two insects.
December 8, 2009
I recently visited Iguazu, Argentina (month of November) and got great shots of some insects. Two in particular are intrigueing to me, and yet they are not listed in the Argentine field guide that I bought. Can you help?
sincerely
Iguazu Argentina
Dear sincerely,
The image of the butterfly is a [...]


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		<title>Two Butterflies from Chile:  A White and a Fritillary</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/12/07/two-unidentified-butterflies-from-chile-unknown-white-gossamer-winged-butterfly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brush Footed Butterflies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three unknowns from Torres del Paine, Chile
December 6, 2009
I&#8217;ve looked through the categories I can think of for these three (moths, butterflies and beetles) and don&#8217;t see matches nor have I found them online with basic searching. All were photographed in Torres del Paine national park, Chile and were unharmed.
The white moth/butterfly was prolific. The [...]


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