Red Spotted Purple

Butterfly? Moth?
Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 2:33 PM
Hey Dan !
Merry Christmas.
Back in August this creature was fluttering around, landing on
leafs, seemingly looking for a place to deposit eggs ?
Appeared more iridescent than show in the photo. Are you familiar with it?
Thanks,
Ferd Hall
Lawrencevill,GA
(Just north of Atlanta)

Red Spotted Purple

Hi Ferd,
Your butterfly is a Red Spotted Purple, Limenitis arthemis.  There are several subspecies of this lovely butterfly, including the White Admiral.

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