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Euptoieta claudia
A Variegated Fritillary butterfly feeding on Marigold flowers (Tagetes sp.). [Can someone confirm that I've correctly identified the butterfly shown in the preceding photo?] The still photo (1 of 2 items) is a video frame grab, cropped and rotated to highlight the butterfly; the video clip (2 of 2 items) is the source of the still photo.
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Spotted on Sep 4, 2010
Submitted on Nov 12, 2011
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The flower is definitely a variety of Marigold. Not sure about the butterfly ID, looks similar but I'm not sure about bright white band.