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Adelpha californica
Brown, gray and orange butterfly. Ventral side of the wings can be seen at my other spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/215...
Oak forest. Found only in the extreme western US states. "Mostly mountain and canyon terrain. Associated with Oaks (Quercus species, which are the larval food plants."
Spotted on May 19, 2014
Submitted on May 20, 2014
4 Comments
Thank you venusflytrap2000
great spotting cindy, congrats and thanks for sharing!
They sure are! They're usually seen landing high up in an Oak tree so whenever they're lower, I can't help but photograph them :)
Beautiful butterfly!