Butterflies Occurring in Dog Cove, White County, Tennessee, during 2019

A somewhat tattered but nonetheless still breath-taking xanthomorphic Gulf Fritillary photographed in Dog Cove 15 August 2019; Photograph Credit: Gary Gilpatrick.

 

    A list of 69 butterfly species identified during 2019 (as of 23 October) in Dog Cove, a unit of Fall Creek Falls State Park, follows. Photographs of 66 of these species may be viewed by clicking on common names that are also active links (underlined). Information about the photographs is available in the labels (URLs) to each. The common and scientific names below generally follow the order and nomenclature used in Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA).

* Denotes species photographed in Dog Dove that were documented at the BAMONA website as the first records at that website from White County, Tennessee; ** denotes a species that could be documented at the BAMONA website as a first record at that website from White County, Tennessee, if a photograph were to be submitted to that website.

 

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   Thanks are extended to Gary Gilpatrick and Jayne Trapnell for sharing their fine photographs of many of the species above and for company during trips to Dog Cove.

Jayne Trapnell and Gary Gilpatrick near the Davis House, Dog Cove, FCFSP, 20 September 2019; Photograph Credit: Stephen J. Stedman.

 

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