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Common Maestra

Mestra anymone.

Description:

Photo take at my back yard beautiful medium size butterfly white whit orange about 3 cm wingspan, very common year long.Upperside is gray-white to light brown; hindwing has a median row of white spots and an orange marginal band. Underside is pale orange with white markings.

Habitat:

Subtropical forest edges, roadsides, weedy fields. Found from Costa Rica north through Central America to Mexico and South Texas. Strays north to South Dakota and Minnesota.

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2 Comments

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Thanks Cindy :):)

What a beauty! Great spotting, Gerardo.

Gerardo Aizpuru
Spotted by
Gerardo Aizpuru

Mexico

Spotted on Jun 9, 2012
Submitted on Jun 9, 2012

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