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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:42:37 -0400 From: Salman Abdulali (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Re: Aiken County, SC |
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--Apple-Mail=_2F5B8968-4884-4BB4-AE13-0CC7F4A4FB58 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I have created a flag for iNaturalist curators to add the new species. https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/819245 Note: any iNaturalist user can create flags. Go to the taxon page and click= on the curation tab. Salman Abdulali Greenville, NC > On Apr 25, 2026, at 12:03=E2=80=AFAM, Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mai= ling List) <carolinaleps...> wrote: >=20 > Out of curiosity, I checked iNaturalist for possible SC records. INat has= not yet accepted the species, so I entered Celastrina and South Carolina. = I saw at least 2 records of males in April 2026 with open wings to see a m= edium blue, seemingly without the white veins of the Summer Azure. One was = in Aiken County. I am not proficient in copy and paste on my iPhone, but it= would behoove folks to check these out on iNat. One or both show the alm= ost white underside ground color with few dots. I suspect these and a few = others from the central to SW part of SC in April to be this species. =20 >=20 > It is not known From NC and I have never seen top side male photos in Apr= il in the state outside the mountains with these solid blue colors, and so = in April in the southern part of NC all fresh ones should now be second bro= od Summer, as Holly ought to be worn or finished.=20 >=20 > Harry LeGrand =3D the other Harry! >=20 > PS =E2=80=94If verified or at least possibly Iryna=E2=80=99s, reviewers/v= etters should add their comments, even if the records seem to be only docum= ented to Celastrina species for now. I am not sure how iNat staff go back = into the database once iNat DOES accept any new species, so that the specie= s level records get changed to the full species name. Thoughts on that?? >=20 > Sent from my iPhone >=20 >> On Apr 24, 2026, at 7:30=E2=80=AFPM, <carolinaleps...> wrote: >>=20 >> =EF=BB=BF >> Aiken County Near Aiken SP 4/23/26=20 >> 10:40-3:35 10:40-11:40 Sunny 77-87 degrees >>=20 >> Alison Smith, Dave and I searched for Iryna=E2=80=99s Azure. >>=20 >> Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4 >> Spicebush Swallowtail 3 >> Palamedes Swallowtail 11 >> Sleepy Orange 3 >> Iryna=E2=80=99s Azure 6 (vetted by Harry Pavulaan) >> Variegated Fritillary 6 >> American Lady 1 >> American Snout 1 >> Common Buckeye 28 >> Red-spotted Purple 3 >> Appalachian Brown 1 >> Horace=E2=80=99s Duskywing 1 >> Duskywing species 1 >>=20 >> Marty Kastner >> Blythewood, SC >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 --Apple-Mail=_2F5B8968-4884-4BB4-AE13-0CC7F4A4FB58 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html aria-label=3D"message body"><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" c= ontent=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"overflow-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">I hav= e created a flag for iNaturalist curators to add the new species.<div><br><= /div><div><a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/819245" originalSrc= =3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/819245">https://www.inaturalist.org/f= lags/819245</a></div><div><br></div><div>Note: any iNaturalist user can cre= ate flags. Go to the taxon page and click on the curation tab.</div><div><b= r></div><div>Salman Abdulali</div><div>Greenville, NC<br id=3D"lineBreakAtB= eginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On Apr 25, 2026,= at 12:03=E2=80=AFAM, Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <car= <olinaleps...>> wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline">= <div><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-= 8"><div dir=3D"auto">Out of curiosity, I checked iNaturalist for possible S= C records. INat has not yet accepted the species, so I entered Celastrina a= nd South Carolina. I saw at least 2 records of males in April 2026 wi= th open wings to see a medium blue, seemingly without the white veins of th= e Summer Azure. One was in Aiken County. I am not proficient in copy and pa= ste on my iPhone, but it would behoove folks to check these out on iNat. &n= bsp; One or both show the almost white underside ground color with few dots= . I suspect these and a few others from the central to SW part of SC = in April to be this species. <div><br></div><div>It is not known From= NC and I have never seen top side male photos in April in the state outsid= e the mountains with these solid blue colors, and so in April in the southe= rn part of NC all fresh ones should now be second brood Summer, as Holly ou= ght to be worn or finished. </div><div><br></div><div>Harry LeGrand = =3D the other Harry!</div><div><br></div><div>PS =E2=80=94If verified or at= least possibly Iryna=E2=80=99s, reviewers/vetters should add their comment= s, even if the records seem to be only documented to Celastrina species for= now. I am not sure how iNat staff go back into the database once iNa= t DOES accept any new species, so that the species level records get change= d to the full species name. Thoughts on that??</div><div><br id=3D"li= neBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir=3D"ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><d= iv dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Apr 24, 2026, at 7:30=E2=80= =AFPM, <carolinaleps...> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote t= ype=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div class=3D"yahoo-style-wrap" styl= e=3D"font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir=3D"= ltr" data-setdir=3D"false"><div><div>Aiken County Near Aiken SP 4/23/26&nbs= p;</div><div>10:40-3:35 10:40-11:40 Sunny 77-87 deg= rees</div><div><br></div><div>Alison Smith, Dave and I searched for Iryna= =E2=80=99s Azure.</div><div><br></div><div>Eastern Tiger Swallowtail = 4</div><div>Spicebush Swallowtail 3</div><div>Palamedes S= wallowtail 11</div><div>Sleepy Orange 3</div><div><= b>Iryna=E2=80=99s Azure 6</b> (vetted by Harry Pavulaan)</div><= div>Variegated Fritillary 6</div><div>American Lady  = ;1</div><div>American Snout 1</div><div>Common Buckeye &n= bsp;28</div><div>Red-spotted Purple 3</div><div>Appalachian Bro= wn 1</div><div>Horace=E2=80=99s Duskywing 1</div><d= iv>Duskywing species 1</div><div><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr" dat= a-setdir=3D"false">Marty Kastner</div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false= ">Blythewood, SC</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br></div></div><= /div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></h= tml>= --Apple-Mail=_2F5B8968-4884-4BB4-AE13-0CC7F4A4FB58-- |
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