It’s Sunday, and that means photos (of butterflies now) by John Avise. John’s captions and IDs are indented, and you can enlarge the photos by clicking on them.
Butterflies in North America, Part 10
This week continues my many-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’re up to some of the M’s. Most of this week’s photos happen to have been taken in Florida.
Malachite (Siproeta stelenes), upperwing:
Malachite, underwing:
Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon istapa):
Mangrove Buckeye (Junonia genoveva), upperwing:
Mangrove Buckeye, underwing:
Mangrove Skipper (Phocides pigmalion), upperwing:
Mangrove Skipper, underwing:
Marine Blue (Leptotes marina):
Marine Blue, female above:
Marine Blue female below:
Martial Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon martialis) upperwing:
Martial Scrub-Hairstreak, underwing:
Nicely done! This goes perfectly with my coffee and danish.
Thanks John. Your compendium is amazing. About how many known butterfly species are in the U.S.? Are species adapted to all regions of the U.S.?
I don’t know how many butterfly species can be found in the U.S., but I must have photos of about 200 of them. Depending on the species, their distributions range from continent-wide to highly localized (e.g., South Florida).
Looking on the internet, I find statements that about 700 butterfly species occur in the U.S. (but I certainly don’t have photos of all of them). Depending on the species, their distributions range from continent-wide to highly localized (e.g., South Florida).
Beautiful! Especially that Marine Blue fully open.
Thanks!
Such beautiful pterological specimens!
The Malachites are just dazzling! Thanks for this lepidopteran bouquet.
Exquisite, marvelous… ahhh…
Gorgeous photos as always John, thanks for sharing these.
Beautiful! Thanks.