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Aberrant Specimen Photo Gallery


Many of the images linked below have been contributed by other photographers, and are copyright (c)2004, 2007 by their respective owners. They have been posted here by permission. Thanks!


Photos of Aberrant Specimens

A nearly perfect
Speyeria diana
bilateral gynandromorph!
 This extremely rare example was reared in Georgia by Kathleen
and donated to the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC.
Read the full story on this specimen, and her accounts
of Speyeria diana life history on her web page at:
StayAtHomeKat's BUTTERFLIES Web page


Melanic Chalcedon Checkerspot (image by Jim Brock)
Melanic Chalcedon Checkerspot (#2) underside (image by Jim Brock)
Melanic Chalcedon Checkerspot (mounted) upperside (link to image by Jim Brock) at mariposasmexicanas.com
Melanic Chalcedon Checkerspot (mounted) underside(link to image by Jim Brock at mariposasmexicanas.com
'Normal' Chalcedon Checkerspot (JCMDI)
'Normal' Chalcedon Checkerspot Underside (JCMDI)

Melanic Chalcedon Checkerspot (recto) (image by Dennis Walker)
www.socalbutterflies.com
Melanic Chalcedon Checkerspot (verso) (image by Dennis Walker)
www.socalbutterflies.com

4 Anthocaris Sara reakirti. Note the green wing-tip color aberration at lower left.
Sara 'green-tip', Placerita Canyon, Newhall, L.A.Co., CA 3-8-1983 (not faded, was this color when caught)
This A. sara has white scaled patches where black scales should be.
An amazing melanic abberation of A. sara with no black scales at all! (Caution - REALLY big image!)
This A. sara has a "smeared" black orange-tip border.
A more extreme A. sara "smeared" border, showing a residual "eyespot"(?), normally obscured.

Aberrant Plebejus acmon male (underside) with enlongated spots. Bouquet Canyon, L.A.Co., CA 5-24-2005
This is the upperside. Bouquet Canyon, L.A.Co., CA 5-24-2005
A normal Plebejus acmon underside is shown for comparison


Have a photo of an unusual, abberant or otherwise unique specimen? Please send it to me! All contributed images remain the copyrighted property of the photographer/contributor and are posted here by permission.




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