Question Mark?

Thursday, May 19, 2016

One of the most common riparian woodland butterflies in much of the eastern part of the United States, including South Texas, will typically be found flying low above the ground and landing amid the fallen leaves:

With its wings folded closed, it is very well camouflaged amid the leaf debris:

But the question remains: how did this butterfly get its rather questionable name? On the underside of the hind wings are two very small, silverly white marks, one comma shaped and next to that a dot, that together appear to be a Question Mark:

These photos were taken on a walk along the Mud Creek trail in McAllister Park on Tuesday, May 10, 2016.

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