| Nathalis iole (Boisduval, 1836)) |
| Status: Common to abundant breeding stray. |
| Flight Period(s): Many broods are reported for its home range. Nebraska records are from 23 April – 21 November. |
| Range: From northern South America (Columbia) this species home range extends north to the southern United States. From there it strays north into southern Canada. It is found statewide in Nebraska. |
| Larval Hostplant(s): Herbaceous composites including many beggarticks (Bidens species), sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale), various greenthreads (Thelesperma species) and ornamentals marigolds (Tagetes) and cosmos (Cosmos). |
| Overwinter: As adults in their home range. As a rule they should not survive our winters, but several very early records beg the possibility of an occasional adult surviving in favorable winters. |
| Commentary/Habitat: This species favors open areas like exposed river channels and roadsides where they fly low over the ground. In Nebraska adults have been observed nectaring on water speedwell, fogfruit and asters. They usually do not become common until July and by late summer are sometimes locally abundant. |
| Similar Species: None |
