Hackberry Butterflies and their Host Plants

Subfamily Apaturinae: Hackbery Butterflies

The adults: are medium sized with eyes clear with several small black spots, they have four legs and they are brown with five or six black spots on the hindwing. Larvae: Their body thickest at the middle with green with yellow markings, no spines on body. The head with short branched horns at the top and short spines on the sides; forked rear end. The caterpillar hides in a leaf and silk nest. Pupae: There have two point on the head; green with yellow markings; flattened sideways and angular. Supported only by a silk button at the rear end. Below are some of them

  • American Snout  "Libytheana Carinenta"
  • Hackberry Butterfly  "Asterocampa Celtis"
  • Tawny Emperor  "Asterocampa Clyton"

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