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Red-spotted Purple

Basilarchia astyanax

Description:

distinctive butterfly of wooded areas.

Habitat:

Woods,

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3 Comments

The MnMs
The MnMs 11 years ago

you have wonderful butterfly spottings! Thank you for sharing then in Project Noah!

chebeague2
chebeague2 11 years ago

Beautiful!

SayanJana
SayanJana 11 years ago

common name?

TomElliott
Spotted by
TomElliott

Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Spotted on Jun 28, 2012
Submitted on Dec 30, 2012

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