Red-spotted Purple Butterfly

Description:

wing spread about 3 inches; upper surface of the front wings are black with thin marginal white dashes and submarginal, rows of oblong white and orange spots; upper surfaces of the hind wings are black with iridescent blue patches and spots; undersides of the wings are brownish black with iridescent blue areas and with large orange basal spots, a row of bright orange spots, and two rows of curved iridescent blue dashes near the margins of the wings

Habitat:

urban schoolyard

Notes:

BEAUTIFUL!