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Caterpillar -? - Zerene cesonia

8 miles North of Texhoma, Texas County, Oklahoma, USA
September 24, 2008

?? Looks like Photo#578009, Prickly-pear borer ??

Contributed by Kurt Schaefer on 12 November, 2011 - 6:43pm
Last updated 29 November, 2011 - 9:45pm

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… john and jane balaban, 29 November, 2011 - 9:45pm

I think it is Zerene cesonia

with the black reduced. Looks like it's on a Senna of some sort too? (a Legume anyway) It is a common species most years in Oklahoma.

The only other option I think would be Phoebis (mostly likely P. sennae so far north), but I don't think that is as good of a match.

It doesn't look like a borer to me.

… David J. Ferguson, 29 November, 2011 - 1:05pm

Thanks Dave and John and Jane Balaban,

Could be, maybe I'll come cross another, if it rains.

… Kurt Schaefer, 29 November, 2011 - 1:29pm

Our first thought is a butterfly in the Pieridae

but we didn't find a match. Wonder if it is a relative of Zerene

… john and jane balaban, 12 November, 2011 - 9:58pm

Maybe a stretch,

?? Looks like Photo#578009, Prickly-pear borer ??

… Kurt Schaefer, 18 November, 2011 - 6:48am

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