Gulf Fritillary

The outer wings of this gorgeous butterfly glimmered in the sunlight as it flew by me. I spotted it in the front yard of a house in the Cleveland Heights neighborhood in Oakland, CA. "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 (Wikipedia). "