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Gulf fritillary

Agraulis vanillae

Photo by Aaron_G
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EOL: Agraulis vanillae, Gulf Fritillary, Species Agraulis vanillae - Gulf Fritillary - BugGuide.Net

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Comments (9)
nexttogone
This is too cool! Great find and a awesome shots.
erikcoser
Nice shot!! I took picture of the same butterfly.
KarenL
Yes flash does change colors somewhat & the white could just be reflected light. The form looks right. Here is a recent spotting of mine that shows the more typical color - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7283870
Aaron_G
I'll dig a little deeper to be sure, but I know the colors are enhanced due to close shooting with flash. Stay tuned... :-)
KarenL
Lovely! Are you sure it's a gulf fritillary though? They are usually red or red & black striped whereas this looks to have purple & orange too although that could just be the light.

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