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Atlas of North Dakota Butterflies

BND: Dog Face; Zerene cesonia (Stoll, 1790)
BNA: Southern Dogface ; Zerene cesonia
NDC: ZECE

Habitat: Open prairies, scrubby areas
Larval food: Legumes, incl. Dalea, Petalostemum, Amorpha, Medicago, Trifolium, others
Adult flight: Occasional stray in late summer; cannot survive freezing; rarely encountered in ND
References: Royer 78, Opler & Krizek 68, Scott 201

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