Sara's Orange Tip

This is another photo of the butterfly I posted some days ago (see inset). It's much more exciting with its wings open, but the underside of the wings is not without a beauty of its own. Sara's Orange Tip is Anthocaris sara, a butterfly that rarely rests. We were fortunate to find this one warming itself in the early morning sun and not yet active. The photo was taken on Pass Island in Deception Pass State Park.