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Passion Butterfly

Agraulis vanillae

Description:

Found a lovely trio of these butterflies outside in my yard, relaxing on an oleander as the sun sets and the air cools.

Notes:

Love that small red area on their wings!

1 Species ID Suggestions

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago
Gulf fritillary
Agraulis vanillae Gulf Fritillary


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4 Comments

Ivan Rodriguez
Ivan Rodriguez 12 years ago

Thank you textless! I wish you could of seen how it looks with open wings! Poor guy appeared to be camera-shy, unfortunately.

textless
textless 12 years ago

Gorgeous photos!

Ivan Rodriguez
Ivan Rodriguez 12 years ago

Thanks once again Karen! I do have to agree that they are amazing creatures, might have a new favorite myself.

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

They are beautiful! Probably my favorite US butterfly!

Ivan Rodriguez
Spotted by
Ivan Rodriguez

South Tucson, Arizona, USA

Spotted on Sep 20, 2011
Submitted on Sep 21, 2011

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