Butterflies

This is a Pearl Crescent butterfly. I always have lots of them in my yard every year.

This Silver-Spotted Skipper butterfly is one of about 70 different species of butterflies I can see around my yard. These particular butterflies are very inquisitive and will sit and look for me.

This is a Peck's Skipper butterfly I photographed during the 2007 butterfly season. They are graceful little butterflies.

A male Zabulon Skipper butterfly chasing after a female Zabulon Skipper. All they needed was a bottle of champagne and a motel room.

These two Red-Spotted Purple butterflies faced off with each other and then began to fight. Here you can see when one of them had the other one pinned to the mat. I don't know what they were fighting over, but it was interesting to watch. I'd never seen this kind of behavior before.

These Gemmed Satyr butterflies are medium-sized and don't look like any other kind of butterflies in my area. They have a home in the corner of my backyard and hang out there every year.

I saw this butterfly just past the back edge of my lawn, in my neighbor's front yard.

This butterfly was at the Butterfly House in St. Louis, Missouri, so I'm fairly certain it's not a native of the United States.

I saw this butterfly over at a butterfly house in St. Louis, Missouri, and I'm pretty sure it's a Doris Longwing. Apparently, it is primarily found from the Amazon River up to Central America.

I saw this Doris Longwing at the Butterfly House in St. Louis, Missouri.

I saw this butterfly over at a butterfly house in St. Louis, Missouri, so I'm not sure what kind it is. I'm pretty sure it's a Longwing butterfly and is probably from the tropics. I did a little research and think it's a Sapho Longwing butterfly. (99% sure, that is.) If anybody can confirm this for me, I would appreciate it.

I saw this butterfly over at a butterfly house in St. Louis, Missouri, so I'm not sure what kind it is. I'm pretty sure it's a Longwing butterfly and is probably from the tropics. I'm not certain of the identification, but it does resemble a Postman Longwing, after looking at some images.

These were Dun Skipper butterflies mating in my backyard.