A widespread butterfly in the southern USA, it migrates as far as the West Indies.

This is an extreme close up using my macro lens mounted on bellows. The picture is a bit soft as I was using natural light which required a relatively long exposure.

I did take some flash shots with my Macro Twin Lite twin flash unit mounted on the front of the lens. The butterfly came out much sharper, but the background was lost in darkness. Of the two I prefer the "natural" look of the photo above.

Below are two small-area crops from the full-size images for a direct quality comparison.

Natural light		Flash-lit