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Nature Photography by Paul Rebmann
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EASTERN HACKBERRY BUTTERFLY
Hackberry butterflies are easily attracted to sap flows, as can be seen in these photos of the butterflies on a white oak tree.
Asterocampa celtis is resident throughout much of the eastern United States, the central plains, southwest mountains and northern Mexico. Two subspecies can be found in Florida. A. celtis celtis inhabits the panhandle region. Reinthal's hackberry butterfly - A. celtis reinthali - is larger and ranges through the Florida peninsula.
These light brown butterflies have white spots on the forewing and a single eyespot on the outer edge of the forewing. The hindwing has six smaller eyespots, the undersides of these have green centers. Wingspans range from 4.4 to 6.2 cm (1-3/4 to 2-1/2 in.) witht he females being larger.
Host plants are the various hackberries (Celtis spp.) and sugarberry (Celtis laevigata).
For more information on this species, visit the following link:
Butterflies and Moths of North America page for this species
Date record last modified:
Aug 07, 2016