Brushfoots in late summer

A few butterflies from this week, all brushfoots. First up, this gorgeous guy is what my book calls a "distinctive brushfoot" and "not likely to be confused with any other". So true! He's a Red Admiral, and brilliant.




Here's a male Monarch, "the most famous butterfly in North America, perhaps the world."





And this one, another brushfoot, is a Common buckeye.



The thing that gets me about buckeyes is that they're not all the same size. I thought butterflies were fully grown when they came out of their chrysalis, which means that buckeyes must comes in lots of sizes.