Visiting Butterflies

Here are a variety of butterflies that have visited our yard recenttly -



Male Monarch on a voilet butterfly bush.



I believe this is a 'Painted Lady' butterfly, sometimes called the 'Hunter's Buttefly', which is often mistaken for a Monarch. This particular butterfly was pretty beatup but was resting comfortably on this purple butterfly bush.



Here's a female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail sitting a top of a Harlequin glorybower flower.



Here is a female Black Swallowtail. Actually, this is one of the butterflies that we over wintered in our garage as a chrysalis that hatched this spring. My apologies but I do not know what type of plant she is sitting on. I will research and update this posting.