I couldn't find a butterfly thread for 2019, so I began one.
These small butterflies nave been wandering in my garden the whole afternoon.

Vanessa carye


Ortilia ithra

So beautiful! I have never been able to click those big ones. They're just so fast!
Here's mine-







I'm obsessed with clicking dragonflies

Took these in the butterfly house at the Naples (FL) Botanical Gardens.

Gorgeous butterflies Everyone!!

I went to Leu Gardens here in my area yesterday for a walk about and captured some Monarch butterflies and a caterpillar, I need to find some of this Silky Gold milkweed, they sure liked it. I haven't seen any in my garden yet, I have many Penta flowers, but only a wee stalk of Tropical milkweed.

Another visitor to the garden, they're coming back

Oooo!! Beautiful Giant Swallowtail!

Yes, they really like to keep those wings fluttering, the first one I've seen this year.

You guys in Florida are sooo Lucky!!

I can only identify 2 types - Monarchs and Swallowtail - so I love your Swallowtails!

I took both pictures in my garden.
This one is called here "limonera grande " (Papilio thoas) I think your name for this is King swallowtail


We call this "borde de oro". (Battus polydama) .
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I have asclepia curassavicas in my garden. And they are the host plants for monarch butterflies but I have seen that that plant is a great attraction for all butterflies.

That is milkweed, right? I have some milkweed seeds I am starting for the butterflies.

Yes Christie, Asclepia curassavica is the scientific name for milkweed. I had to search the name in internet because it is an English name that you give to the plant in the United States. It is not used in Argentina where I live.
I always try to add the scientific names for plants, butterflies or birds when I write a post because I usually don't know the common name.

Sooner or later I will learn the word Asclepia. Our city, and other cities here also, have a project named the "Monarch Trail". Where they are trying to encourage people to plant milkweed for the survival of the Monarch butterfly - and they usually just call it milkweed. And as a child, we also called it milkweed. So I had never heard the correct scientific name. But I am trying to get that word into my brain!

Of course Christie! I also know the common names of the plants in Spanish. But I am afraid that if I name the plants or the butterflies by their common name in Spanish you would not know what I am talking about....
For instance, would you know what butterfly I am talking about if I call it "espejitos"??
Well, this is an "espejitos"for us:

It has been a very wet but mild winter in south Louisiana, we are in the mid 70's today and when I looked out the window I saw 2 giant swallowtails "trapped" in my temporary greenhouse. There was an orange tree full of blossoms inside the greenhouse which must have lured them in. I took the orange tree out and coaxed the butterflies out. One landed on the orange tree to catch its breath at they were using a lot of energy bouncing around the ceiling of the greenhouse. Once freed they took their time and sampled other flowers in the yard. We have had many rainy and overcast days which have put a damper on outside work projects but I hope we will be seeing sunny days soon. There was one Sulphur who stopped briefly but I am too slow to keep up for a picture.

That is just wonderful John!!!

Beautiful John !!!

This was in the garden today. We call it "cuatro ojos" ( junonia genoveva hilaria)

Pretty! I recognize the name with my limited Spanish as Four-Eyes. Cute name.