Gray Craker

Description:

Photo take at a backyard a very common butterfly in this area i think is a Gray Craker. Upperside is mottled brown and white; forewing cell bar with some red; hindwing eyespots have orange scales before the black crescents. Underside of hindwing is white; submarginal eyespots are composed of a brown ring around a black crescent in a white center.

Habitat:

Subtropical forest and edges, cultivated areas with trees.Argentina north through tropical America to Mexico. A rare stray to the lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas.

Notes:

Adults rest on tree trunks head downward with their wings spread open. Males perch on trees and make a cracking sound when they dart out at passing insects (and people).