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Yvonne Merriam | profile | all galleries >> Lepidoptera Master Gallery >> Butterflies tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map

Butterflies

A variety of the spectacular "Flying Flowers", Butterflies of North America, most from my own backyard.

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New Giant Swallowtail Record
New Giant Swallowtail Record		 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail		 White Admiral
White Admiral		 Mourning Cloak
Mourning Cloak
Meet Mr. Monarch
Meet Mr. Monarch		 Red Admiral Ventral
Red Admiral Ventral		 Compton Tortoiseshell - Ventral
Compton Tortoiseshell - Ventral		 Papilio polyxenes ~ Black Swallowtail Male
Papilio polyxenes ~ Black Swallowtail Male
Speyeria cybele - Great Spangled Fritillary
Speyeria cybele - Great Spangled Fritillary		 Crescent on Butterfly Weed
Crescent on Butterfly Weed		 The Great One
The Great One		 Painted Lady on Painted Zinnia
Painted Lady on Painted Zinnia
White Admiral on Buddleia
White Admiral on Buddleia		 Garden Colours
Garden Colours		 Great Spangled Fritillary
Great Spangled Fritillary		 Painted Lady on Zinnia
Painted Lady on Zinnia
Eastern Comma
Eastern Comma		 Great Spangled Fritillary Dorsal View
Great Spangled Fritillary Dorsal View		 Topsy Turvy World
Topsy Turvy World		 Northern Crescent Butterfly
Northern Crescent Butterfly
Viceroy on Joe Pye Weed
Viceroy on Joe Pye Weed		 Orange Sulphur on Zinnia
Orange Sulphur on Zinnia		 Don't Rock the Boat!
Don't Rock the Boat!		 Le Club l'Orange
Le Club l'Orange
Wood Nymph
Wood Nymph		 Backlighting
Backlighting		 Mating Whites
Mating Whites		 Possible Tawny Checkerspot
Possible Tawny Checkerspot
Wood Nymph
Wood Nymph		 Banded Hairstreak Male
Banded Hairstreak Male		 Male Monarch
Male Monarch		 Late Monarch
Late Monarch
White Admiral
White Admiral		 Orange Sulphur
Orange Sulphur		 The King
The King		 Pretty On Pink
Pretty On Pink
Question Mark?
Question Mark?		 Spring Azure
Spring Azure		 Spring Azure Ventral
Spring Azure Ventral		 Eastern Tailed Blue Dorsal
Eastern Tailed Blue Dorsal
Question Mark Ventral
Question Mark Ventral		 First of Season Viceroy
First of Season Viceroy		 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Closeup
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Closeup		 Giant Swallowtail Dorsal
Giant Swallowtail Dorsal
Butterfly Buffet
Butterfly Buffet		 Red Admiral Dorsal
Red Admiral Dorsal		 The Viceroy
The Viceroy		 Butterfly Kisses
Butterfly Kisses
Orange Sulphur on Purple Loosestrife
Orange Sulphur on Purple Loosestrife		 Female Wild Indigo Duskywing
Female Wild Indigo Duskywing		 Eastern Tailed Blue Male
Eastern Tailed Blue Male		 Baltimore Checkerspot
Baltimore Checkerspot
Banded Hairstreak
Banded Hairstreak		 American Lady on Echinacea
American Lady on Echinacea		 Black Swallowtail Laying Eggs
Black Swallowtail Laying Eggs		 Female Eastern Tailed Blue
Female Eastern Tailed Blue
Female Northern Crescent
Female Northern Crescent		 American Copper
American Copper		 Common Ringlet
Common Ringlet		 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Eye to Eye With a Butterfly
Eye to Eye With a Butterfly		 Black Swallowtail Female Ventral
Black Swallowtail Female Ventral		 Black Swallowtail Female Dorsal
Black Swallowtail Female Dorsal		 Orange Sulphur ~ Colias eurytheme
Orange Sulphur ~ Colias eurytheme
Baltimore Checkerspot Ventral
Baltimore Checkerspot Ventral		 American Copper Butterfly
American Copper Butterfly		 Great Spangled Fritillary
Great Spangled Fritillary		 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Male
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Male
Pearl Crescent Ventral
Pearl Crescent Ventral		 Great Spangled Fritillary
Great Spangled Fritillary		 American Lady
American Lady		 Cabbage White Male on White Violet
Cabbage White Male on White Violet
American Lady
American Lady		 Compton Tortoiseshell
Compton Tortoiseshell		 Banded Hairstreak
Banded Hairstreak		 American Copper ~ Lycaena phlaeas
American Copper ~ Lycaena phlaeas
Common Wood Nymph ~ Cercyonis pegala
Common Wood Nymph ~ Cercyonis pegala		 Fritillary on Coneflower
Fritillary on Coneflower		 Lifer Female Lycaena hyllus - Bronze Copper
Lifer Female Lycaena hyllus - Bronze Copper		 Eastern Tailed Blue Ventral
Eastern Tailed Blue Ventral
Eastern Tailed Blue Female
Eastern Tailed Blue Female		 Life Carolina Satyr
Life Carolina Satyr		 My Life Gulf Fritillary
My Life Gulf Fritillary		 Black Swallowtail Ventral
Black Swallowtail Ventral
Papilio glaucus - Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus - Eastern Tiger Swallowtail		 Papilio polyxenes asterias - Black Swallowtail
Papilio polyxenes asterias - Black Swallowtail		 Clouded Sulphur ~ Colias philodice
Clouded Sulphur ~ Colias philodice		 Red Admiral Headshot
Red Admiral Headshot
Cercyonis pegala - Common Wood Nymph - Hodges#4587
Cercyonis pegala - Common Wood Nymph - Hodges#4587		 Cupido comyntas - Eastern Tailed-Blue
Cupido comyntas - Eastern Tailed-Blue		 Mating Colias eurytheme ~ Orange Sulphurs
Mating Colias eurytheme ~ Orange Sulphurs		 Mating Pieris rapae - Cabbage Whites
Mating Pieris rapae - Cabbage Whites
Lycaena hyllus - Bronze Copper on New England Asters
Lycaena hyllus - Bronze Copper on New England Asters		 Orange Sulphur ~ Colias eurytheme
Orange Sulphur ~ Colias eurytheme		 Bronze Copper ~ Lycaena hyllus
Bronze Copper ~ Lycaena hyllus		 Meadow Fritillary ~ Boloria bellona
Meadow Fritillary ~ Boloria bellona
Cupido comyntas ~ Eastern Tailed-Blue Male
Cupido comyntas ~ Eastern Tailed-Blue Male		 Cupido comyntas ~ Eastern Tailed-Blue Female
Cupido comyntas ~ Eastern Tailed-Blue Female		 Mating Colias eurytheme ~ Orange Sulphur
Mating Colias eurytheme ~ Orange Sulphur		 Clouded Sulphur ~ Colias philodice
Clouded Sulphur ~ Colias philodice
Pearl Crescent ~ Phyciodes tharos
Pearl Crescent ~ Phyciodes tharos		 Limenitis archippus ~ Viceroy
Limenitis archippus ~ Viceroy		 Papilio glaucus ~ Male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus ~ Male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail		 Speyeria cybele - Great Spangled Fritillary
Speyeria cybele - Great Spangled Fritillary
Danaus plexippus ~ Monarch Male
Danaus plexippus ~ Monarch Male		 Danaus plexippus ~ Monarch Female
Danaus plexippus ~ Monarch Female		 Female Monarch Close Up
Female Monarch Close Up		 Limenitis arthemis ~ White Admiral Ventral
Limenitis arthemis ~ White Admiral Ventral
Pearl Crescent ~ Phyciodes tharos
Pearl Crescent ~ Phyciodes tharos		 Junonia genoveva ~ Mangrove Buckeye
Junonia genoveva ~ Mangrove Buckeye		 Eurema daira ~ Barred Yellow Female
Eurema daira ~ Barred Yellow Female		 Eurema daira ~ Barred Yellow Male
Eurema daira ~ Barred Yellow Male
Gulf Fritillary
Gulf Fritillary		 Heliconius charithonia - Zebra Longwing
Heliconius charithonia - Zebra Longwing		 Anartia jatrophae ~ White Peacock
Anartia jatrophae ~ White Peacock		 Leptotes cassius - Cassius Blue
Leptotes cassius - Cassius Blue
Strymon istapa - Mallow Scrub Hairstreak
Strymon istapa - Mallow Scrub Hairstreak		 Cassius Blue
Cassius Blue		 Vanessa virginiensis ~ American Lady
Vanessa virginiensis ~ American Lady

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joseantonio16-Jul-2010 14:52
Beautiful collection. Great pictures and nice colors
Naomi Smith13-Oct-2006 13:47
Gosh Vonnie, what a wonderful group of butterflies. I really enjoyed perusing them.
I will come back to see some more soon.
Yvonne
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