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Vanessa annabella
The West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella) is one of three North American species of brush-footed butterflies known colloquially as the "painted ladies". V. annabella occurs throughout much of the western US and south western Canada. Source: Wikipedia
I found this little butterfly flying on the Elfin Forest trail as it landed on a flower. Got a nice picture too! This butterfly obviously isn't camera shy!
Thank you. I will update these soon. Please feel free to correct me on anything else as it will not only benefit me, but the rest of the community as well. Thank you.
Hi redyellgrn & welcome to the community!
Now that gatorfellows has correctly identified this for you please can you update the common & scientific names in edit. Thanks!
My apologies, this is a west coast lady. I grew up simply calling them painted ladies :)
Spotted on Apr 6, 2013
Submitted on Apr 7, 2013
