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Marpesia petreus
Photo take at my backyard this beauty seems to have a hard life getting nectar from a spinach tree plant flower. Tip of forewing is elongated. Hindwing has long dagger-like tails. Upperside is orange with 3 thin black lines. Underside is mottled brown and black, resembling a dead leaf.
Tropical lowland forests and edges; hardwood hammocks. Found from Brazil north through Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies to southern Florida. Strays north to Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, and South Texas.
Spotted on Oct 7, 2012
Submitted on Oct 7, 2012
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