Nectaring a handful of purple flowers, a showy butterfly with wings of light brown tinted with iridescent blue, and two long tails extending from the hindwings. The robust body is light blue dorsally. It has a large head, and prominent eyes.

It’s Fly-day. We made it!

Long-tailed Skipper
(Urbanus proteus)

day before yesterday
at the Naples Botanic Garden

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