***EDIT FROM THE LAST POST*

When I was looking through butterflies to figure out what kind it was, I contacted the NC coordinator of moth and butterfly tracking, records and identification.

He said, "It is obviously a Little Metalmark, the only species of metalmark within 300 or more miles. We keep records of this rare species. Do you recall more detailed directions? Specific date?

This is the first report of the species in NC this year. Good find."

I am kinda let down that it wasn't an Arizona metalmark, but glad that I was the first one to report a "little" one.