| Asterocampa leilia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Asterocampa |
| Species: | A. leilia |
| Binomial name | |
| Asterocampa leilia W.H. Edwards, 1874 | |
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Asterocampa leilia, the Empress Leilia, Leilia hackberry butterfly or desert hackberry, [1] is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.
Adults are brownish orange, with white and black spots on the bottom of the wings. [2] The length of the wings is 1.5 to 2 inches (38 to 51 mm). [3]
The species can be found in the south-western United States, including Arizona and Texas, as well as Mexico.
Adults feed on dung, sap and rotten fruit. [4] In very rare cases the species will feed on nectar. They live in canyons, streamsides, thorn scrubs, and washes. [5] Males of the species will wait near their food plants for females to appear. [6] Larvae feed on hackberry. [7]
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