Limenitis(=Basilarchia) arthemis astyanax (Fabricius)
Freshly emerged from chrysalis
Specimen courtesy of Barry Marrs
Cokesbury Village
Hockessin, Delaware

Preferred plant hosts for red-spotted purple larvae are
black cherry (Prunus serotina Ehrh.) and deerberry
(Vaccineum stamineum L.), and occasionally willows.