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Butterflies of Zihuatanejo

SUPERFAMILY PAPILIONOIDEA

Tailed Orange

Pyrisitia proterpia

Pyrisitia proterpia, the tailed orange, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Pieridae. Eurema proterpia, the tailed orange, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Pieridae. The tailed orange lives in a variety of open habitats such as open woodlands, deserts and subtropical habitats. Males patrol all day in search of females. The larva is bright yellow green with a yellow lateral stripe.

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

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