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Southern Dogface
Zerene cesonia
31.5016, -81.6084
Field Notes
Description:
Beautiful bright yellow sulphur butterfly with one prominent dark spot and one white spot under the wings. Top of the wings are a black pattern that, with the dark spot underneath forming the eye, makes a dogface pattern when backlit.
Habitat:
Longleaf pine habitat. All the Dogfaces I saw were nectaring in the white flowers that I think are called Summer Farewell.
Notes:
These butterflies are pretty rare and are hard to find east of the Mississippi unless you know someone who knows someone who knows where to look.
Reference Links:
Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia) · iNaturalist
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2020
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