- Family name: Nymphalidae/Brush-Footed Butterflies
- General description: orange with black markings (female duller orange); hindwing with black chainlike band along outer margin; forewing elongate with three black-rimmed white spots along leading margin. Ventral hindwing brown with numerous elongate silver spots.
- Field Marks: orange with black markings; forewing elongate with three black-rimmed white spots along leading margin; ventral hindwing with elongate silver spots.
- Sexes: appear similar
- Wingspan: 50-74 mm
- Life Cycle: Egg: yellow, elongate, laid singly on host leaves an tendrils Mature larva: orange with darker stripes and numerous black branched spines Chrysalis: light brown with darker brown blotches
- Number of Generations: multiple
- Flight Season: All
- Abundance: Common
- Habitat: old fields, disturbed sites, roadsides, gardens, parks, pastures
- Counties: Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Brevard, Broward, Calhoun, Charlotte, Citrus, Clay, Collier, Columbia, De Soto, Dixie, Duval, Escambia, Flagler, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Glades, Gulf, Hamilton, Hardee, Hendry, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Holmes, Indian River, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lake, Lee, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Madison, Manatee, Marion, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Nassau, Okaloosa, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Putnam, Santa Rosa, Sarasota, Seminole, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Sumter, Suwannee, Taylor, Union, Volusia, Wakulla, Walton, Washington
- Larval Host Plants: maypop (Passiflora incarnata), yellow passion flower (Passiflora lutea), corky-stemmed passion flower (Passiflora suberosa)
- Similar Species: Monarch, Julia
- Additional Information: Migratory; very common garden butterfly. Range is limited in Colorado and Nevada.
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