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Butterflies of Zihuatanejo

SUPERFAMILY PAPILIONOIDEA

Gray Cracker

Hamadryas februa

Hamadryas februa, the gray (or grey) cracker, is a species of cracker butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Argentina north through tropical America to Mexico The wingspan is 70–86 mm. The upperside is mottled brown and white although there is some red in the forewing cell bar. The hindwing eyespotshave orange scales preceding black crescents. The underside of the hindwings is white and the submarginal eyespots are composed of a brown ring around a black crescent in a white center. Adults are on wing year round in the tropics. They feed on sap and rotting fruit.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamadryas_februa_glauconome which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

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