Euptoieta claudia

Description:

Upper side tawny orange with thick dark veins and markings; black spots near margin. Hind-wing margin angled and slightly scalloped. Underside of hind-wing with a mottled pattern and no silver spots.

Habitat:

Open sunny areas such as prairies, fields, pastures, road edges, landfills. Higher elevations of Argentina through Central America and Mexico to the southern United States; also Cuba and Jamaica. Regularly colonizes north through most of the United States except the Pacific Northwest.