Butterflies and Moths of North America

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New Kansas butterfly and moth records

Ten Kansas records were added to the database: Actias luna (Butler County, Carrie Haddican), Estigmene acrea (Harvey County, Nicolle Buhler), Speyeria idalia (Nemaha County, Jim Klingler), Speyeria cybele (Nemaha County, Jim Klingler), Cercyonis pegala (Nemaha County, Jim Klingler), Phyciodes tharos (Nemaha County, Jim Klingler), Polygonia comma (Nemaha County, Jim Klingler), Vanessa atalanta (Nemaha County, Jim Klingler), Papilio glaucus (Nemaha County, Jim Klingler), and Prochoerodes transversata (Nemaha County, Jim Klingler). (Opler-Sept09)

New California butterfly records

Two hundred and thirty-eight California butterfly records were added to the database from contributors Bruce & Bret Boyd, Chris Henne, Derham Giuliani, G. Pratt & J. F. Emmel, H. Grisham, R. Patterson, J. A. Comstock, J. H. Gerdes, J. W. Brown, J. W. Tilden, James Scott, Jim Brock, John G. Pasko, J. Levy, Ken Davenport, Ken Hansen, L. Martin & C. Ingham, Michael Smith, Oakley Shields, Paul Opler, Phil Nordin, Ray Stanford, and Robert L. Langston. (CA-28Sept09)

New Oklahoma butterfly records

Five Oklahoma butterfly records were added to the database: Amblyscirtes linda (Atoka County, Jim W. Arterburn), Polites peckius (Delaware County, John M. Nelson & John Fisher), Feniseca tarquinius (Cleveland County, Bryan E Reynolds), Danaus gilippus (Roger Mills County, Matthew Van Den Broeke & Cynthia Whittier), and Cyllopsis gemma (Comanche County, Eric Beck). (OK-18Sept09)