One of the little woodland butterflies that I see only rarely is the Common Wood Nymph (Cercyonis pegala). I was therefore pretty excited when I spotted this beauty on Friday while it was perched on a tree at Huntley Meadows Park. The yellow patch is so distinctive that it was pretty easy for me to identify this one, unlike so many other woodland butterflies that are mostly brown with different patterns and colors of eye spots on their wings.
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Mike Powell 
Truly delightful photograph, Mike. Often in the woods they are difficult to distinguish, and gone so fast; but here the beauty is accentuated by the bright green foliage.
This is really beautiful, Mike!
Thanks, Pete. These butterflies are generally pretty skittish and fly into the trees as soon as they become aware of your presence. Fortunately this time the tree was at the edge of the treeline and I was able to get a few shots.
Lovely shot!