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Dorantes Longtail Urbanus dorantes Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus Horace's Duskywing Erynnis horatius Long-tailed Skipper Urbanus proteus

Mangrove Skipper Phocides pigmalion Monk Skipper Asbolis capucinus Obscure Skipper Panoquina panoquinoides Sachem Atalopedes campestris

Salt Marsh Skipper Panoquina panoquin Three-spotted Skipper Cymaenes tripunctus Tropical Checkered-skipper Pyrgus oileus Whirlabout Polites vibex

Pieridae

Barred Yellow Eurema daira Checkered White Pontia protodice Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae Dainty Sulphur Nathalis iole

Dina Yellow Eurema dina Great Southern White Ascia monuste Large Orange Sulphur Phoebis agarithe Little Yellow Eurema lisa Orange-barred Sulphur Phoebis philea

Lycaenidae

Atala Eumaeus atala Cassius Blue Leptotes cassius Ceraunus Blue Hemiargus ceraunus Eastern Pygmy-Blue Brephidium pseudofea
My favourite U.S species (so far!). Also the equal smallest species in North America (with Western Pygmy-Blue) - about half the size of a Small Blue.

Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus Mallow Scrub-hairstreak Strymon istapa Oak Hairstreak Satyrium favonius

More delectable species on display in that sequence, Celery.

I'm sure you must get bored by most of the UK's native butterflies?

David M wrote:...I'm sure you must get bored by most of the UK's native butterflies?

Go and wash your mouth out David

Well David, I certainly not bored of UK species (I don't think you ever forget your first love ) but I do get bored of waiting for them to appear again. Which is why most of my foreign species shots are from holidays taken out-of-season.

I find nothing raises the spirits more than a bit of sunshine, warm temperatures and the flitting of butterflies during the depths of what would be the English winter.

Papilionidae

Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor Polydamas Swallowtail Battus polydamas Zebra Swallowtail Protographium marcellus

Nymphalidae

Carolina Satyr Hermeuptychia sosybius Common Buckeye Junonia coenia Gulf Fritillary Araulis vanillae Julia Dryas iulia Malachite Siproeta stelenes

Mangrove Buckeye Junonia evarete Monarch Danaus plexippus Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos Phaon Crescent Phyciodes phaon Queen Danaus gilippus

Ruddy Daggerwing Marpesia petreus Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia Viceroy Limenitis archippus White Peacock Anartia jatrophae Zebra Heliconius charitonius That shallot!

Well, what can I say?

You must build up a fair few air miles, Celery? I agree with your statement regarding having to wait for UK species to emerge. In a perfect world we would all indulge in a little 'globe-trotting' to keep us sane in the northern hemisphere's winter months.

Thanks for sharing. You've shown us a wonderful selection of butterfly species.

Thanks David

And yes, I do feel guilty about all the travelling - but I guess we're all a little culpable there just as soon as we get in the car to go to the local nature reserve...

...and I might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb

Spent some time tidying up the garden yesterday (Sunday 2nd April) in the company of 2 Small Torts, a male and a female Brimstone, a Comma, a Peacock and this rather lovely male Orange Tip.

First Holly Blues of the year in my garden yesterday. Two males - this one keen to keep in tip-top condition for the pending arrival of the female of the species...
still not seen a Small or Green-veined White this year...