Dryas iulia

Description:

Orange butterfly with beige eyes with black dots.

Habitat:

Found in the jungle of Costa Rica, Southern lowland Area. Wikipedia says this: it is native from Brazil to southern Texas and Florida, and in summer can sometimes be found as far north as eastern Nebraska.

Notes:

Lucky shot, was out taking pictures of butterflies and couldn't get any of them in focus, I finally did and 5 minutes later the battery died. I got a couple good shots, this was one of them. Hopefully someone will let me know the name of this type of butterfly. by the way it was spotted here: Ojochal, Costa Rica Lat: 9.75, Long: -83.75