Here are a couple of shots of a Pearl Crescent butterfly (Phyciodes tharos) that I took yesterday at Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria, Virginia. The Gardens With Wings website cautions that the Pearl Crescent resembles several other butterflies and the patterns of Pearl Crescent butterflies are variable, according to Wikipedia. I apologize in advance, therefore, if I have misidentified this butterfly, but I think we can all agree that he is amazingly beautiful.
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Mike Powell 
oooh, you can even see the fuzzies on his little back! awesome!
Thanks. I wasn’t aware of that kind of detail until I opened the image in my computer (it sure didn’t show up in the LCD screen on the back of my camera).