I know from exploring online, including this butterfly identification site, that this is a fritillary, but I can’t figure out which one. The closest one appears to be the Glanville Fritillary, but since it is found only in continental Europe and on a few small islands in England, I don’t think I have the definitive i.d. yet. For years, I have tried to plant flowers and shrubs that are supposed to attract butterflies, but not until this summer have I noticed a sizeable population of Monarchs, Swallowtails, American Painted Ladies, and others I don’t yet recognize. In our yard, they like lantana, with its many tiny flowers on each flat head, buddleia or butterfly bush, and scabiosa or pincushion flower. Since the ornamental pepper on which this fritillary had perched didn’t have any flowers open, perhaps it was just providing striking camouflage for its rust-colored pal.