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shimer Marietta, GA(Zone 7b) Oct 04, 2006

We have these beautiful orange butterflies, and the undersides of the wings are even more lovely than the top. I'd love to know which kind of butterfly this is.

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Oct 04, 2006

That is a Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae...it's one of the brush-footed butterflies, Family Nymphalidae. Because the larvae eat Passion flower plants, they're 'poisonous', or at least taste bad to birds

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shimer Marietta, GA(Zone 7b) Oct 06, 2006

Thank you for so much information, which also explains the single bite out of the wing. I guess it made a bird sick.

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plantnutga Thomasville, GA(Zone 8b) Oct 10, 2006

plant some Passiflora and you will have tons!

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