Earlier in the month, Diane took a photo of this species with its wings held wide open. Today, I saw this American lady around the Butterfly meadow, where Diane photographed hers. Maybe the same one. Anyway, it was loathe to leave and kept returning to these wood chips. I took a photo of it with its wings almost closed so that you can see (1) the very useful identifying feature, the two "eyes" on the underwing, and (2)to show how even a brightly coloured butterfly can blend in so well to its surroundings when it closes its wings.