Anatrytone logan is widely distributed in mid-western and eastern North America (from the Canadian Prairies and southern Ontario to Florida and Texas), Mexico, and northern Central America (El Salvador). This species occurs in moist habitats including marshes, prairies, meadows, fields, roadsides, etc. The wings are bright yellow-orange with black borders and black veins (the borders and darker markings are wider in females); the wingspan is 25-43 mm. It is active most of the year in the south, e.g., multiple broods in Florida (February to October); one brood in the north (July-August). Adults feed on the nectar of various flowers, including milkweeds (Asclepiadaceae), mountain mints (Pycnanthemum spp.), thistles (Cirsium spp.), pickerelweed (Pontederia spp.), etc. The caterpillar host plants are grasses (Poaceae), e.g., woolly beard grass (Erianthus spp.), Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardi), and Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum).

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