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Asterocampa clyton? - Asterocampa clyton
Copyright © 2016 Sue Carnahan

Asterocampa clyton? - Asterocampa clyton
Salero Ranch, 8 mi E of Tubac, 4300 ft elevation, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
October 3, 2016
I think this is Asterocampa clyton - and maybe the texana subspecies? It's the first one I have seen. Upperside of wings was fairly dull orange. It and two Asterocampa leilia (one of them in this photo) and a few Polistes wasps came in to sap oozing from a mesquite (Prosopis velutina).
Contributed by Sue Carnahan on 4 October, 2016 - 5:23pm
Last updated 7 October, 2016 - 9:53am

Moved
Moved from Brush-footed Butterflies.
… John S. Ascher, 7 October, 2016 - 9:53am

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