Speyeria diana, idalia and nokomis

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Speyeria diana, idalia and nokomis

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Picked up at insect fairs
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Re: Speyeria Diana, idalia and nokomis

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I love nokomis !
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Beautiful specimens. All of them. The big North American species are quite something!!
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S. idalia is my personal favorite amongst such grand company. I've always thought of it as having the "richest" color of the three pictured.
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Very nice acquisitions!
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Great!

I tried to obtain S. diana in North Carolina almost 30 years ago. But I failed... I will try again in the near future.
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Re: Speyeria diana, idalia and nokomis

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Speyeria nokomis coerulescens
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S. n. appachiana
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S. n. nitrocris
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S. idalia
Some of my favorite Speyeria.
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