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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Emperors (Apaturinae) » Apaturini » Asterocampa » Tawny Emperor - Hodges#4562.1 (Asterocampa clyton) » Asterocampa clyton clyton
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Butterfly - Asterocampa clyton
Copyright © 2014 Anthony Morris

Butterfly - Asterocampa clyton
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA
August 25, 2014
Size: app 1 1/2" in height
Unusual Butterfly feeding on a tomato. Wings consistently closed while at rest. Very bold & not frightened at all. Continued to follow wherever the tomato was. Taken near noon. Is this a Tawny Emperor with worn &/or torn wings?
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Contributed by K Brumback on 26 August, 2014 - 4:22pm
Last updated 24 October, 2014 - 11:09pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
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Tawny Emperor
One of my favorites. They will chase and land on you for drinking sweat.Occasionally hitch a ride in the truck.
… Cliff Ivy, 26 August, 2014 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

This is a
tawny emperor.
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