American Snout Butterfly

Description:

Labial palps long and extended forward. Tip of forewing squared off. Upperside brown, forewing with orange at base and inner margin, and white spots on outer half. Underside of hindwing mottled or smooth violet-gray. Wing Span: 1 3/8 - 2 inches (3.5 - 5 cm).

Habitat:

Range is Argentina north through Mexico and the West Indies to southern United States. Migrates to central California, southern Nevada, Colorado, and most of the eastern United States. Forest clearings and edges, thorn scrub, brushy fields, roadsides. This one was photographed in a yard adjacent to farm land and deciduous forest in Burke County, GA.

Notes:

Caterpillar Hosts: Several species of hackberry (Celtis). Adult Food: Nectar from flowers of aster, dogbane, dogwood, goldenrod, sweet pepperbush, and others.