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Asterocampa celtis
Brown butterfly with distinctive spots and a somewhat variable pattern. The forewing has one submarginal eyespot, a jagged row of white spots, and the discal cell has one black bar and two separate black spots. The hindwings have a row of black eyespots that are yellow ringed with blue centers.
Spotted near a meadow on the edge of a deciduous forest along the Hudson River.
The species name "celtis" is the genus for Hackberry, which is the butterfly's host plant.
Spotted on Aug 13, 2017
Submitted on Aug 14, 2017
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