Black-patched Cracker Hamadryas atlantis (H.W. Bates, 1864)

Family: Nymphalidae

Subfamily: Biblidinae

Identification: Upperside is mottled gray, brown, and white. Lower surface of forewing is white with a black patch on outer half and 5 black lines across the cell.

Wing Span: Not reported.

Life History: Unlike the other Hamadryas species, the males of H. atlantis have not been heard making noise when they fly.

Flight: Many flights from May-November in Mexico.

Caterpillar Hosts: Vine Dalechampia in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae).

Adult Food: Rotting fruit and other non-floral resources.

Habitat: Dry, open valley bottoms with trees.

Range: Honduras north through tropical America to Mexico; a rare stray in southeastern Arizona.

Conservation: Not required for rare stray.

NCGR:

Management Needs: None reported.

Comments: NULL

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