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Southern Dogface

Zerene cesonia

Description:

Upperside forewings of both sexes have yellow "dog's head" surrounded by black. "Eye" does not touch black border. Female similar, with duller, more diffuse black areas and 2 seasonal forms: underside hindwing of wet season "summer" form is yellow; that of dry season "winter" form is mottled with black and pink. Wing Span: 2 1/8 - 3 inches (5.4 - 7.6 cm).

Habitat:

Spotted in a garden.

2 Comments

Brian38
Brian38 5 years ago

Thank you LuckyLogan for the ID.

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Brian38
Spotted by
Brian38

Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA

Spotted on Oct 17, 2016
Submitted on Dec 27, 2016

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