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Mimic (Hypolimnas misippus) |
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| DISTRIBUTION in
North Carolina: Formerly, there was a single NC record
(Cumberland County). However, Bob Cavanaugh has made an important
correction to this record. In a 2005 e-mail message, he indicated
to the Natural Heritage Program that he collected a Mimic in Craven
County on November 9, 1975. He noted that there was no record for
Craven County in the Nekola-Opler unpublished atlas of North
Carolina butterflies, but instead was a county dot for Cumberland
County. Also, the Opler and Krizek (1984) range map for Mimic has a
dot in the general vicinity of Cumberland County but not for Craven
County, further indicating that Cavanaugh's record was attributed
to the wrong county. Thus, there apparently never was a record for
Cumberland County. Very surprising was a female Mimic photographed by Mike Dunn in his yard in Chatham County in 2004. For a species that is likely introduced in the West Indies its native range is Asia and Africa it seems remarkable that NC has two records, as there are very few others for the Eastern US. |
| ABUNDANCE in North Carolina: Accidental. Not recorded from South Carolina. |
| FLIGHT PERIOD in North Carolina: In the West Indies, April to May, and September to December, according to Opler and Malikul. |
 Distribution, abundance, flight period, and map information provided by Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina. |