Salome Yellow

Euremasalome

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Magpye

NW Qtr, AR (Zone 6a) | August 2006 | Neutral
Wing span: 1 7/8 - 2 1/4 inches (4.7 - 5.7 cm).

Identification: Wings yellow, upper surface of forewings with black margins projecting into yellow ground. Male has black border on hindwings, female is lacking border. Both sexes with tail-like hindwing projections.

Life history: None reported.

Flight: August-September in South Texas, all year in tropics.

Caterpillar hosts: Diphysa in the pea family (Fabaceae).

Adult food: Nectar from a wide variety of flowers.

Habitat: Forest openings and edges; roadcuts.

Range: Peru northward through tropical America; extremely rare migrant to lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas.
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