Butterflies
These are some of the different species of butterflies I can see around my yard, plus a few from butterfly houses I've visited.
Monarch Butterfly
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I happened to catch this pristine beauty while the Indianapolis 500 was on rain delay one year. There wasn't a mark on her.
Eastern-Tailed Blue
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Male
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This male must have just emerged, for it didn't have a mark on him and sat there for quite some time before moving.
American Lady
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I was lying on my stomach to get this shot of an American Lady butterfly against the sky.
Common Buckeye Butterfly
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To be called common, I think these Common Buckeyes are oh, so stunning in their markings.
Dainty Sulphur
Gray Hairstreak
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The tails on these Gray Hairstreaks are small but apparently they fool birds into thinking they're antennae.
Fiery Skipper Butterfly
Little Yellow
Question Mark
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There really is a small question mark symbol on the outside wings of a Question Mark butterfly.
Red-Spotted Purple Admiral
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This resting Red-Spotted Purple Admiral butterfly was the reason I started photographing butterrlies.
Zabulon Skipper Butterfly In Flight
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Red-Spotted Purple Admiral
Viceroy Butterfly
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This butterfly must have been resting, because it sat there long enough for me to get this shot.
Limenitis archippus archippus
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This is a sub-species of the Viceroy butterfly, found here in Southern Illinois and called "Limenitis archippus archippus." It differs from a regular Limenitis archippus in that it has an almost total lack of the post-medial black line along the back of the wing.
Red Admiral Butterfly
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Every Summer, I always have some Red Admiral butterflies, (Vanessa atalanta), take up residence in my backyard. And the males, like this one, always have to check me out when I invade their "turf."
Female Cabbage White Butterfly
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A Cabbage White butterfly, showing a stance that female specimens will sometimes adopt to prevent males from getting near them. It's like the human species when the wife says she has a headache.
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