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Asterocampa celtis
The adult is a medium sized (1-3/4 to 2-1/4 inch wingspan) yellow-brown butterfly with white spots near the fore wing tips and a band of dark spots and two dark lines following along the wing margin.
Along wooded streams, forest glades and river edges, wooded roadsides, towns. This one was attracted to very-ripened watermelon in the midlands of South Carolina.
Caterpillars feed on leaves and tender new growth of hackberry trees (Celtis sp.). Adults are found on foliage, flowers near host plants, resting on the ground and feeding at tree wounds.
Spotted on Jun 15, 2011
Submitted on Jan 20, 2013
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