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Limenitis arthemis astyanax
A black butterfly with extensive iridescent blue on topwing and red-orange spots in submarginal band and at base of wings.
Woodland, garden
I can't usually get too close to Red-spotted purple butterflies but this one was very friendly for some reason and stepped right onto my fingers. He was probably enjoying the salts in my sweat.
Spotted on Aug 24, 2009
Submitted on Nov 21, 2012
1 Comment
Beautiful great shot :)