Today’s photos are the continuation of John Avise‘s series of photographs of North Ameerican butterflies. The IDs and intro are captioned, and you can enlarge the photos by clicking on them.
Butterflies in North America, Part 8
This week continues my 18-part series on butterflies that I’ve photographed in North America. I’m continuing to go down my list of species in alphabetical order by common name. Now we’ve come to some of the G’s and H’s.
Greenish Blue (Icaricia saepiolus), male topwing:
Greenish Blue, male underwing:
Greenish Blue, female:
Gulf Fritillary (Dione vanillae), male:
Gulf Fritillary, female:
Gulf Fritillary, underwing:
Gulf Fritillary, larva:
Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampus celtis), topwing:
Hackberry Emperor, underwing:
Hedgerow Hairstreak (Satyrium saepium), male:
Hedgerow Hairstreak, female:
Hoary Comma (Polygonia gracilis), topwing:
Hoary Comma, underwing:
The Greenish Blue is so beautiful. It blows my mind the number of butterflies and birds you’ve spotted and captured in photography. Thanks for sharing
Love these
I’d like the patterns on a tie – might be cool…
The iridescence on the wings of the Hedgerow Hairstreak is so beautiful. I love the pink flowers it sits on with those iridescent wings.
All beautiful photos. Thanks!
Well done! I am awed by the huge photo collection that John Avise has been showing us here.
This is good to see. No butterflies out & about where I am today.
The Gulf Fritillary (underwing photo) is spectacular. And its larva is also surprisingly beautiful. (I say “surprisingly” because I don’t expect caterpillars to be so beautiful. It’s a bias on my part, I know.)
Always like butterfly pictures. 🦋🦋🦋
Awesome.