FINALLY identified! :-)
Key sentence: "This species is highly variable in coloration and marking, but is still very distinguishable." from here: roundrockgarden.wordpress.com/b-i-f-s/bordered-patch-butt...
It's a Bordered Patch butterfly (chlosyne lacinia), here feeding on a Whorled Leaf Ragwort plant. :-)
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FINALLY identified! :-)
Key sentence: "This species is highly variable in coloration and marking, but is still very distinguishable." from here: roundrockgarden.wordpress.com/b-i-f-s/bordered-patch-butt...
It's a Bordered Patch butterfly (chlosyne lacinia), here feeding on a Whorled Leaf Ragwort plant. :-)
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Uploaded on July 19, 2022
Taken on July 18, 2022