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Sleepy Orange

Abaeis nicippe

Photo by joanbstanley
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Field Notes

Description:

Upperside of wings orange in both sexes; orange-yellow form rare. Forewing with small black cell spot. Male with sharply defined black borders on outer and costal margins; female borders not so well-defined. In winter form, underside of hindwing is brick red, brown, or tan; in summer form it is orange-yellow.
Wing Span: 1 3/8 - 2 1/4 inches (3.5 - 5.7 cm).

Habitat:

Wildlife habitat yard.

Notes:

A chunk of one wing was missing, allowing a glimpse of darker orange and the black marking on the upperside of the opposite wing.

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Eurema nicippe

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