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Agraulis vanillae
"The Gulf Fritillary or Passion Butterfly, Agraulis vanillae, is a striking, bright orange butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Heliconiinae. These were formerly classified in a separate family, the Heliconiidae or longwing butterflies, and like other longwings this species does have long, rather narrow wings in comparison with other butterflies. It is not closely related to the true fritillaries. It is a medium to large butterfly, with a wingspan of 6–9.5 cm (2.4–3.7 in). Its underwings are buff, with large silvery spots.[1] It takes its name from migrating flights of the butterflies sometimes seen over the Gulf of Mexico."
"The Gulf Fritillary is commonly seen in parks and gardens, as well as in open country. Its range extends from Argentina through Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean to the southern United States, as far north as the San Francisco Bay Area on the west coast. It is occasionally found farther north in the US."
Spotted on Apr 10, 2011
Submitted on Apr 10, 2011
33 Comments (1–25)
Amazing!!
Nice macro, congratulations.
Absolutely stunning photos. Congratulations!
Thank you for the spotting of the day award and thanks everyone for all the nice comments.
A wonderful close-up! Congrats!
Wonderful! Very beautiful photos. Congratulations on this great honor!
Congratulations on spotting of the day!
great photos of a stunning butterfly - Congratulations !!
Wow wonderful photos!!
Congratulations
Beautiful!
Congratulations Dave
This Butterfly spotting is super lesson to know about Brush footed butterflies.
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Congratulations on the spotting of the day!
Amazing
This jaw-dropping spotting was chosen as Spotting of the Day! Congrats Dave!
"The Gulf Fritillary is a striking, brightly colored butterfly found from South America up through the southern US. In this incredible close-up, you can see its compound eyes and coiled proboscis, which it extends when feeding on nectar.:
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Lovely.
Lovely photo!
beautiful!
aaawww Wow! This is amazing!
Thanks for letting me know. I really admire your work..!
Excellent macro work!
Tampa..your spotting is really fantastic and learning lesson..!!
See those front very small legs. So it gives 4 legs butterfly effect.
Super macro..!!
Thanks everyone. Elsa, I'm using a Canon 5D with the 100L macro.