Size:
Wingspan is 2 5/16 - 2 3/4 inches.

Similar Species:
Southern Pearly-eye
Northern Pearly-eye

Habitat:
Bottomlands in shady areas with Cane nearby. Partly shaded trails or roads along bay forests or wet maritime forests.

Range/Abundance:
Uncommon in the sandhills and coastal plain and rare in the piedmont.

Flight Period:
Adults fly from mid April until mid September in two broods with a gap between broods.

Larval Host Plants:
Cane Arundinaria

Comments:
In the coastal plain likely you would encounter both Creole and Southern Pearly-eyes as they use the same habitat. Once you learn the "knuckle" on the forewing marks, this becomes much easier to identify. Creole also has orange and black on the antennal tips where Southern Pearly-eye has all orange antennal tips.

The top photo was taken in Weymouth Woods Nature Preserve in Moore Co., NC on June 05, 2004. The second and bottom photos were taken in Sumter National Forest in Berkley Co., SC on May 03, 2000.

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