Readers’ wildlife photos

We’re back to readers’ wildlife, and I have about five days’ worth, but please send in your photos. Today being Sunday, we’re featuring the photos of John Avise, who has moved from birds to butterflies. John’s captions are indented, and you can enlarge his photos by clicking on them.

Butterflies in North America, Part 6 

This week continues my many-part series on butterflies that I’ve photographed in North America.  I’m continuing to go down my list of species in alphabetical order by common name.

Dorantes Longtail (Urbanus dorantes), topwing:

Dorantes Longtail, underwing:

Dotted Blue (Euphilotes enoptes):

Dotted Blue, underwing:

Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris):

Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma):

Eastern Comma, underwing:

Eyed Brown (Satyrodes eurydice):

Eyed Brown, another specimen:

Field Crescent (Phyciodes pulchella), topwing:

Field Crescent, underwing:

Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus), male topwing:

Fiery Skipper, male underwing:

Fiery Skipper, female topwing:

Fiery Skipper, female underwing: