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Atlas of North Dakota Butterflies

BND: California Tortoise Shell; Nymphalis californica (Boisduval, 1852)
BNA: California Tortoiseshell ; Nymphalis californica
NDC: NYCA

Habitat: A western woodland species that occasionally establishes colonies in the upper Midwest
Larval food: Ceanothus spp.
Adult flight: Sporadic late summer records from ND; no known resident colonies exist
References: Royer 145, Ferris & Brown 335, Scott 290

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