Thick-tipped Greta (Greta morgane)

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$Thick-tipped Greta (Greta morgane) female.\nTaken at the Bentsen State Park Wild Birding Center Headquarters gardens in Mission TX on December 08, 2004.$ $Thick-tipped Greta (Greta morgane) female.\nTaken at the Bentsen State Park Wild Birding Center Headquarters gardens in Mission TX on December 08, 2004.$ $Thick-tipped Greta (Greta morgane) female.\nTaken at the Bentsen State Park Wild Birding Center Headquarters gardens in Mission TX on December 08, 2004.$ $Thick-tipped Greta (Greta morgane) female.\nTaken at the Bentsen State Park Wild Birding Center Headquarters gardens in Mission TX on December 08, 2004.$ $Thick-tipped Greta (Greta morgane)\nTaken in Hidaldo Co., TX on December 09, 2004.$ $Thick-tipped Greta (Greta morgane) female.\nTaken at the Bentsen State Park Wild Birding Center Headquarters gardens in Mission TX on December 08, 2004.$ $Thick-tipped Greta (Greta morgane) female.\nTaken at the Bentsen State Park Wild Birding Center Headquarters gardens in Mission TX on December 08, 2004.$

I found this unusual clearwing butterfly, it was a first US record for the species and the first member of it's subfamily in over 100 years. The local news placed it on the cover of the front page.

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