Appearance
The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1859. It lives from northern Argentina, through Central America, and into the lower United States .The wingspan is 92–105 mm. The upperside of the forewing is dark brown with gray streaks along the inner margin and a gray patch at the tip of the wing. The upperside of the hindwing is dark brown with varying amounts of dark orange at the base.
Behavior
Adults are on wing year round in the tropics and have been recorded from July to October in Arizona, in December in Texas and in September in southern Florida. Adults feed on the nectar of flowers, including ''Saponaria officinalis'' and ''Cynanchum racemosum''.The caterpillars of this species feed on papaya , cassava in the spurge family , and several plants in the milkweed family .
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