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Achalarus lyciades
Butterfly where upperside of wings is dark brown; center of forewing with a transparent gold band. Fringes are checkered. Underside of hindwing is black-brown with a wide silvery white band along most of the outer margin. Wing Span: 1 3/4 - 1 15/16 inches (4.5 - 4.9 cm).
Habitat: Open woodland and brushy areas, particularly oak or pine woods with sandy soil. Range: Eastern United States from central New England south to northern Florida; west to Iowa, eastern Kansas, and central Texas. Outlying record from western Kansas. This one was sunning in a vegetable garden at the edge of a southern deciduous forest.
Caterpillar Hosts: Beggar\'s ticks (Desmodium); occasionally false indigo (Baptisia) and bush clover (Lespedeza); all in the pea family (Fabaceae). Adult Food: Nectar from flowers of common milkweed, dogbane, buttonbush, Japanese honeysuckle, and New Jersey tea.
Spotted on Jul 7, 2013
Submitted on Jul 15, 2013
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