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Flora
Butterfly, male.--The ground-color is bright reddish-fulvous on the upper side. The usual markings occur, but there is no eye-spot, or ocellus, on the primaries. The hind wings are not heavily obscured with dark brown, as in clyton, and the six ocelli stand forth conspicuously upon the reddish ground. The hind wings are more strongly angulated than in any other species. The borders are quite solidly black.
Female.--The female is much larger than the male, and looks like a very pale female of clyton. Expanse, male, 1.75 inch; female, 2.35 inches.
Early Stages.--The life-history has been described by Edwards in the "Canadian Entomologist," vol. xiii, p. 81. The habits of the insect in its early stages and the appearance of the larva and chrysalis do not differ widely from those of C. clyton, its nearest ally.
Flora is found in Florida and on the borders of the Gulf to Texas.