WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO,THATS PRETTY,ANY ONE KNOW WHAT ITS NAME IS?

Someone at another forum posted a link to a Malaysian butterfly which looks identical. Not sure what the three of them are doing here in Minnesota though. It does look like the ones I saw with 4 black dots at the base of the wings. They are a long way from home.

Here is a link that might be useful: Link to identification of orange butterfly

Teresa those are beautiful.
What a treat that must of been.

I'm pretty sure that's what I saw, but what they are doing here in the tundra is a mystery to me.

teresa,
Have you posted this on the Butterfly forum,I bet they would love to see it,and maybe be able to tell you more about it.
Most unusual,a very long way from home,hummmmmmmmmm,strange.
cAROL

Butterfly forum?????? Please! I don't need another place to check in everyday! LOL

I wish I could've gotten a picture of my own.

Check out the link below and see if any of those butterflies may ring a bell as to what you saw.

Karen

Here is a link that might be useful: Minnesota Butterflies

I'll have to take a closer look at that site. The name Great Spangled Fritillary caught my eye and I opened that link. I don't think the ones in my garden had that much black. But it would make more sense that they were those and not the ones native to the Asian Pacific part of the world.

Thanks!

Here is a link that might be useful: Great Spangled Fritillary

the Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly. I have had purple wood violets all over my yard for years. This year the leaves have holes in them. The larvae of this particular butterfly hatch in the spring and eat violet leaves. The three I saw did not have as much black on their orange leaves, but perhaps coloration changes as they age. They are welcome to stay in my yard!

Well, now you've figured out two mysteries!

Karen

I love a good mystery,and a happy ending.

It is a great time for butterflies in the garden!

Does anyone recognize this one? In real life, it is more greenish (like a Luna) than this picture shows it to be.

I looked at all the Minnesota butterflies and moths on the link above, and an even longer list on another site, and I did not find it. Yet I believe that they are common here.

Looks like a Sulpher Butterfly.

Paul

I've seen little yellow ones on my coneflowers......I will get a better look next time.

Yes, Paul, I believe it is a Clouded Sulphur. Thank you!

Well, since we're on the subject, here's a few pictures of butterflies and a moth I took.

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Karen

Thanks Karen - I have some of them in my yard. Now I know what they are. Does that Tiger Swallowtail develop more yellow coloring at some point?

Nope, there are two color phases for the females, the yellow and the black, whereas males are all yellow, with far fewer blue spots. (I looked it up!)

Karen