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Unnamed spotting

Description:

Butterfly

Habitat:

Roadside

2 Comments

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago

Red-spotted Purples is also a correct name for these. I am not a local but I've seen both common names in the literature.

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago

This admiral butterfly is a mimic of the pipevine swallowtail. Here is a link to two excellent American butterfly mimics. http://www.kidsbutterfly.org/faq/appeara...

cmcbaker
Spotted by
cmcbaker

Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA

Spotted on Aug 2, 2012
Submitted on Aug 14, 2012

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