White Admiral Butterflies: Winging Through the Woods

Walking on a woods road beside a stream in early July, I spotted several tight clusters of butterflies perched on scat piles and on wet sand near the brook. When one of the butterflies spread its wings, I saw that its topside was black with blue shading, and had a broad white band running through the center of its fore and hindwings, creating a U-shape.

Red dots and light blue and white dashes decorated the margins of its hindwings.

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