Anthanassa texana are found from Guatemala north through Mexico to southern California, east across the southern United States to northern Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Strays are sometimes seen in Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, South Dakota, and central Nevada.
   Their preferred terrain is desert, dry gulches, open areas, stream sides, road edges and city parks.
   Adults are on wing from March - November in southern Florida and Arizona. They are on wing year round in southern Texas and the tropics.
   There are several broods, from March - November in south Florida and Arizona, and throughout the year in South Texas and the tropics.
   The wing outer margin is indented below the tip of the forewing.
   The dorsal side is black with small white spots and some rusty red near wing bases.
   The hindwing has a median band of cream colored spots.
   * As members of the Brush Footed (Nymphalidae) family, they use their shorter pair of front legs for food tasting, and their two pair of longer rear legs for propulsion.