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Red-spotted Purple Butterfly

Limenitis arthemis

Description:

Butterfly, unknown. Spotted on the street.

2 Comments

arvind.venkataramani
arvind.venkataramani 11 years ago

Thanks for the ID. it was a very cooperative butterfly: it stayed put while I snuck up to it slowly and thrust my phone to within a few inches, and left when I was done :)

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 11 years ago

Very nice photo. It captured the iridescent nature of this butterfly. Thanks for sharing.

Columbus, Ohio, USA

Spotted on Jul 26, 2012
Submitted on Jul 27, 2012

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