"The large, brilliantly marked gulf fritillary is one of our most common and beautiful butterflies ... A tropical species that ranges through most of South and Central America and the West Indies, the gulf fritillary inhabits much of the southern United States."

Here, you see the butterfly in its dorsal aspect. Its ventral side is spectacular.

Photograph taken with a Nikon D90, using a Nikon 400mm, f/5.6 manual focus lens.

May 26, 2012.