Observation date: September 13, 2016
Submitted by: Jeanene Daniels
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: It was nectaring on lantana. Although it didn't look just like a gulf fritillary, it looked similar to one, and other gulf fritillaries were present. It was about the same size or a little smaller than a gulf fritillary. It acted about like a gulf fritillary.
Status: Resident
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: October 26, 2016
Coordinator notes: This is a melanistic Agraulis vanillae (Gulf Fritillary) which has a tremendous amount of black. This is very unusual, thank you for submitting this. Great find! Here is a link to another interesting melanistic variation of this species. SAT
http://natureinfocus.com/tags/butterflies+and+moths/image/gulf-fritillary-1/
