The Fiery Skipper butterfly Hylephila phyleus (Drury) forages efficiently on flowers of Lantana camara. Hylephila phyleus feeds preferentially from florets of L. camara likely to contain nectar. While foraging on a small artificial patch of flowers of L. camara, H. phyleus chooses the closest flowers 80% of the time. Analysis of foraging bouts on the artificial patch of 3 flower visits in sequence revealed a frequency of revisitation lower than that expected from a random foraging model. This small butterfly demonstrates a neurological program, endowed at the creation, for efficient foraging.