Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).

Moved from ID Request.

Asterocampa celtis. This one is a male - you can tell gender by the shape of the wings. In the daytime, they are very active, even pugnacious little things. The males will sit on a perch and dart out at others passing by, and even at other kinds of insects, or even birds, dogs, or sometimes people. They look sort of a tawny orange or light brown when they are flying (the top side is usually a little brighter in color). If there are Hackberry Trees around, these will usually be around too, and they tend to stay near those trees. Occasionally if one gets disturbed at night, it will fly to a light, and that may be why this one was on your patio door (?). Unlike most butterflies, they don't seem to ever visit flowers, but they will visit things like fruit, tree sap, and sometimes even animal droppings.