Butterflies of North Carolina

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Common Name	Milbert's Tortoiseshell by Jeff Pippen => Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 [View PDF] Click to enlarge [Google Images] GBIF [Global Distribution ] BoA [Images ] iNaturalist
Scientific Name	Aglais milberti
	Link to BAMONA species account.
Map	Click on a county for list of all database records for the species in that county.
Distribution	DISTRIBUTION: One old record (1938 or earlier), for Wake County. This is a Northern species, ranging southward normally to southern PA and southern OH.
Abundance	ABUNDANCE: Accidental.
Flight	FLIGHT PERIOD: The NC record is listed in Brimley (1938) as only "November", with no day or year. As with the Mourning Cloak, adults overwinter, with two broods during the year.
Habitat	HABITAT: Supposedly open fields near woodland edges, especially in or near wetlands.
Plants	FOOD AND NECTAR PLANTS: Nettles (Urticaceae) are the foodplants. Nectar plants are not known from the state, and are immaterial for NC.
Comments	COMMENTS: This is an accidental visitor that is not expected again. Interestingly, the Peterson field guide map (Opler and Malikul 1992) shows records for both SC and GA; however, the Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA] website range maps show no Milbert's Tortoiseshell records for these two states. Thus, the NC record, from Raleigh in November (prior to 1938), apparently is the southernmost for the Atlantic seaboard. There is a 1969 specimen taken in Louisiana, but as it was very close to the Mississippi River, it has been stated to almost certainly have been ship-carried down the river from a location in the Northern states.
State Rank	SA
State Status
Global Rank	G5
Federal Status
Synonym	Nymphalis milberti
Other Name

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	Photo by: Michael Newton Comment: August 20, 2016. Northampton, MA Milbert's Tortoiseshell - Click to enlarge	Photo by: Will Stuart Comment: June 30, 2017. Clearwater County, MN. Milbert's Tortoiseshell - Click to enlarge
	Photo by: Will Stuart Comment: June 30, 2017. Clearwater County, MN. Milbert's Tortoiseshell - Click to enlarge