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Tailed Orange

Pyrisitia proterpia

Description:

Tailed orange butterfly with some missing wing pieces maybe from a struggle with a predator.

Habitat:

Desert and subtropical open and disturbed areas including scrub, pastures, forest edges. Range: Peru north to Mexico

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4 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Olivia

Olivia Chee
Olivia Chee 11 years ago

Nice one, Luis!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Kim

Small Wonders
Small Wonders 11 years ago

Beautiful!

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico

Spotted on Dec 30, 2012
Submitted on Mar 13, 2013

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