Butterfly Days of August

This is a duskywing. I'm not sure which one - I think it's a dreamy duskywing but perhaps it's a wild indigo instead...




A common buckeye - quite unmistakeably spectacular, isn't it? Also a butterfly whose wings are much the same pattern on top and bottom surfaces.



There's a little duskywing in the background here.


Two fiery skippers


This is a sulphur, but I'm not sure if it's a clouded sulphur or an orange one - possibly even a hybrid.


Here's a monarch. It's a bit raggedy; it's a hard life for such a fragile creature. Look how the upper wing is split, lapping over the lower...




Here's a male tiger swallowtail.




And this is a female. Compare their lower wings - see all the blue? That's how you can tell she's female.