7-26-06 summer form. Falcon Heights, TX. ©Berry Nall or as stated
Note: In some references this butterfly may be listed under its former scientific name, Eurema nicippe.

Life History of Sleepy Orange

Host plants recorded
in Texas' lower Rio Grande Valley:

  • Dwarf Senna, Senna pumilio
  • Flowery Senna, Senna corymbosa
  • Lindheimer's Senna, Senna lindheimeriana
  • Twinleaf Senna, Senna bauhinoides
Sightings by Month
 
 
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4
3
2
1
0
(in Starr Co, 4 yrs of data)
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  • 2
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  • *
  • *
  • 1
  • *
  • 2
  • *
  • 2
  • *
  • *
  • 2
  • *
  • *
  • *
  • *
 
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M
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Month
Per month: 
1 seen
 
2 seen
 
>2 seen

Explanation of sightings data
Click thumbnails to view in frame to right. Pictures with the same date are different views of the same individual unless specified otherwise.