Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY PICTURES # 109, 1 by vitrsna

vitrsna wrote:
Here is a White-rayed Pixie (aka White-rayed Metalmark) [Melanis cephise], a tropical butterfly known in southern Mexico and also in Nicaragua. I was happy to find him or her in the garden because they are only occasional visitors. They have a habit of perching on the underside of leaves as this one is doing. The scarlet color of the 4 dots, which is brilliant, is not well represented in this photo. The sky was threatening to dump some heavy rains as is its habit in September and the light was not good.