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Anteos maerula
Photo take at my backyard beautiful big butterfly about 8 cm wingspan light green color feeding on a spinach tree flowers, very common this time of the year.Large. Apex of forewing hooked. Upperside of male bright yellow, female paler; both with black spot in forewing cell.
Subtropical, open, sunny areas; migrants found almost anywhere. Range: Resident from Peru to Mexico; rare, irregular migrant to eastern Nebraska, southeast Arizona, southwest New Mexico, south Texas, Mississippi, and Florida.
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