Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)

Statewide, and common to abundant (but less common in the mountains), this species is multibrooded in NC, flying from early Spring into early Winter. It is found in a variety of habitats from gardens, powerlines, and woodland borders to ag fields, especially soybean. Formerly treated as Eurema nicippe.
Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe) Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
Chatham Co., NC
19 Oct 2005

Many fall / winter color form shows rich brick-orange undersides

Sleepy Oranges (Abaeis nicippe)
Chatham Co., NC
2 Oct 201

Others show a typical golden-yellow ground color

Sleepy Oranges (Abaeis nicippe)
Durham Division Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC
14 Oct 2021
Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe) Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
Nectaring on White Clover (Trifolium repens)
Washington Co., NC
21 June 2003		 Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
Nectaring on Aster grandiflorus
Chatham Co., NC
2 Nov 2003
Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe) Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
Chatham Co., NC
26 Sep 2004		 Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
This runt was barely larger than a Little Yellow
Chatham Co., NC
20 Oct 2006
Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe) Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
Pettigrew State Park, Washington Co., NC
21 June 2006		 Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
Pettigrew State Park, Washington Co., NC
21 June 2006
Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
Sandhills Game Lands, Scotland Co., NC
4 Aug 2016		 Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
Bay Tree S. P., Bladen Co., NC
1 Oct 2016
Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC
11 Aug 2019		 Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC
14 Mar 2020
Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC
24 Oct 2020

Highly cropped photos of one of the most "yellow" Sleepy Oranges I've ever seen. In distant flight, it looked all yellow above, the color of a Clouded Sulphur or Little Yellow.

Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC
6 Sep 2020		 Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
NW Annex, Currituck Co., NC
21 Aug 2014
Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
Durham Division Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC
10 Oct 2023
Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
Edeburn Division Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC
13 Mar 2024
Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
Edeburn Division Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC
13 Mar 2024
Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
Brumley Nature Preserve, Orange Co., NC
5 Apr 2023
Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe) Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
Pender Co., NC
13 Sep 2009

This crab spider victim shows the dorsal pattern quite well.

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