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Western Pine Elfin

Submitted by sue wheeler on February 4, 2009 - 9:47pm
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 Photo by Jamie Fenneman, with permission

Western Pine Elfin (Incisalia eryphon)

Medium-small brown butterfly with vivid zigzag markings on the ventral (under) side of the wings in black, tan, and cream. Adults fly early May to early June. One larval foodplant, our coastal Jack pine, where eggs are laid at the base of needles. Adults nectar on willow, dandelion, yarrow, and a variety of wild plants that flower in the late spring. If you approach a pine tree in the spring and see a small brown butterfly take off swiftly and straight up, you have probably seen a Pine Elfin.

 

 

 

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Pine Elfin

Submitted by Karl Darwin (not verified) on February 14, 2009 - 12:05pm.

I found a half dozen of these hibernating on my back porch. They were in a cluster with wings overlapping.

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