Question Mark 
Polygonia interrogationis

Question Mark is locally common statewide. Its habitat preference is deciduous forest, making it more difficult to find in areas of the Coastal Plain dominated by pine flatwoods or planted pine plantations. It is often found on carrion, dung. rotting fruit or oozing tree sap. There are three broods, with the fall adults hibernating until early spring. The overwintering females lay eggs that produce a brood that emerges from mid-May to early June. The spring brood produces a summer brood that emerges in July, and the summer brood produces a fall brood that emerges in September and October. Question Mark is dimorphous, with the black form (black dorsal HW) flying in the summer and the orange-red form (with violet-gray wing fringes) flying in the fall. The hostplants are Hackberry, also called Sugarberry, (Celtis laevigata), Elm (Ulmus), including American Elm (Ulmus Americana) and Winged Elm (Ulmus alata), Hop (Humulus), including Common Hop (Humulus lupulus L) and Basswood (Tilia) (Butterflies of Georgia, Harris, 1972). Early Date: March 1 (Lumpkin County); Late Date: November 2 (Habersham County). Conservation Status: Secure.