Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) Cameron County, Texas

The Cloudless Sulphur is a familiar butterfly, an annual fall visitor in Maryland and other northern states.

 

Pictured here avidly nectaring on Turk's Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii), a Texas native plant. The common name of this plant refers to the overlapping red petals that resemble a Turkish turban.

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