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Perhaps this is more likely a pale morph Forage Looper C. erechtea? Beadle and Leckie state this morph has uniformly grayish forewings though, which this individual does not (it's a tan brown)—but I suspect there's variability...

Note the fairly narrow subterminal yellow band on the underside of HW, about half as wide as Great-spangled Fritillary, red-brown colour on underside of HW, open orange margins of upperside, and diagnostic black mark at base of the upperside of FW. Eye colour is difficult to discern from photos