Howard County Bird Club
Sleepy Orange
Place name abbreviations: MPEA – Middle Patuxent Environment Area; PRSP – Patuxent River State Park; PVSP – Patapsco River Valley State Park.
Click on the common name to obtain additional information from the Butterflies and Moths of North America web page and the following common name for additional information from USGS web page. BugGuide is another web resource.
Legend:
| Common name [Link is to BAMONA] (wingspan range in inches) Common name [link is to USGS] |
Occurrence level & flight period. | |
| Habitat. | Typically visits (for nectaring). | Larval host plants. |
| Sleepy Orange (1.3–2.25″) Sleepy Orange |
Uncommon/Rare: E-Sep | Field & river edges | Wild senna | Wild senna | |
Male
July 23, 2013
Robinson Nature Center
Linda Hunt
Male
August 4, 2022
Ellicott City
Barbara White
Male
August 14, 2012
Elkhorn Garden Plots
Annette Allor
Female
July 19, 2013
Robinson Nature Center
Annette Allor
Male & Female
Ellicott City
August 23, 2021
Kevin Heffernan
Female & Male
July 12, 2023
Robinson Nature Center
Clayton Koonce
Winter form
November 3, 2015
Patuxent Branch Trail
Linda Hunt
Winter form
November 3, 2015
Patuxent Branch Trail
Linda Hunt
Caterpillar
August 30, 2017
Columbia
Linda Hunt
Chrysalis
August 30, 2017
Columbia
Linda Hunt
VIDEO of Sleepy Orange butterflies by Annette Allor at Mount Pleasant on June 29, 2020.
The phenograms show the maximum number of individual butterflies of this species seen in the first eight years of the Howard County Butterfly Survey. From these graphs, one can see the number of broods of each species, when they are active, and the relative abundance of the species in each brood. The observed early and late dates are shown below The graphs can be used to anticipate the first sighting of a given species in the year and can help with identification.
Early: 4/8/2020 Late: 11/18/2021