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Phyciodes graphica
Bright orange with dark lines dividing the wings up into numerous bars and cells. Lacks contrasting bands above or below wings. Some hindwings cells contain dark spots, but there are no such spots on the forewing.
a variety of open, dry habitats Range: Border regions of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona south through Mexico to Guatemala. Rare stray as far north as Arkansas, Nebraska, and northern Colorado. Season: flies year-round Food: Adults feed on nectar. Larvae eat foliage of plants in the family Acanthaceae, including Hairy Tubetongue (Siphonoglossa pilosella).
Found on my Fire Bush.
You did get it! Thank you, Agnes. You are a great detective. ") Thank you too, Adarsha and Francis.
Thank you, Agnes for the link. I've saved it in my browser. As for the suggestion. It doesn't match. Mine has circular dots on the hind wings and front wings with a reversal in color from front to hind. And the Glanville Fritillary seems to be lacking spots on the front wings.
I found this site a useful reference - http://www.thebutterflysite.com/texas-bu....
Thank you for the ID suggestion AndresHernandez. Unfortunately those names don't bring me anything in my searches. I can say that this butterfly was about half the size of the Fritillary's. And I'm not finding anything that matches in the Fritillary's nor the Checkerspots.
Thanks PerilsOfPlastic, Argy Bee and Ava T-B. I will look into the checkerspot asap.
Spotted on Nov 6, 2012
Submitted on Nov 10, 2012
