Orange Butterfly

[JTHphoto]

 

[LaFoto]

This is ever so beautiful!
The background and the colour of this (rare?) butterfly ... breathtaking!

And I must say I have never seen this kind of butterfly before.
But it doesn't look like you had to go to a "butterfly house" for this ... it is resting on a very normal daisy... so do you see these in your parts often?

 

[Holly]

beautiful !!

 

[Raymond J Barlow]

sweet shot JTH!

 

[doenoe]

very cool shot

 

[Antarctican]

Very nice shot there, JTH. Looks like it was sticking its tongue out at you.

 

[Chiller]

Brilliant photography JTH. Love the colours and the angle.

 

[Arch]

Great shot J, colour and focus are both good :thumbup:

 

[ClarkKent]

Fantastic capture. Excellent DOF

 

[megapaws]

WOW - such beautiful colours! Great shot

 

[JTHphoto]

This is ever so beautiful!
The background and the colour of this (rare?) butterfly ... breathtaking!

And I must say I have never seen this kind of butterfly before.
But it doesn't look like you had to go to a "butterfly house" for this ... it is resting on a very normal daisy... so do you see these in your parts often?

Thanks for the wonderful comments everybody.

Corinna, i can't seem to identify this butterfly on the web, so maybe I have discovered a new species! :er: Although, more likely it is in the same family as the butterflies on this page --> http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/thumb/11.htm. It looks very similar to Julia Heliconian or Dryas Julia in the family Nymphalidae.

This was shot in a "butterfly house" which is actually just a small tent in our Desert Botanical Gardens, with misters to keep the humididty level high. I was a little dissappointed because there was only about 8-10 species in there, and mostly just these solid orange butterflies. I was hoping for more, but it was still fun!

To see butterflies in the wild, you can check these out that I posted last October --> http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31923.

 

[LaFoto]

Oh yes, I remember those that you posted back in October, and I so liked who you gave your titles the same colours as each butterfly was.
So this was a species found in a "butterfly house", after all. Well, doesn't make it any less pretty and your photo any less well taken!!

And imagine YOU to discover a new species in the "butterfly house" of some botanical gardens! No one else would have found out there, only you!