BUTTERFLIES OF GEORGIA’S PIEDMONT REGION 

 

Family Nymphalidae (the brushfoots), subfamily Nymphalinae (the "true" brushfoots)

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Polygonia interrogationis

 

 

forma umbrosa (summer form) forma fabricii (fall-spring form)

Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve

DeKalb County, 18 May 2008

Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve

DeKalb County, 5 March 2009

 

Imbibing sap from Quercus shumardii

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Blount County, Tennessee, 16 July 2010

Hard labor Creek State Park

Morgan County, 28 August 2010

Photos and videos by Jim Allison

 

 

freshly emerged adult, with chrysalis

Montpelier Station Road, Bibb County, 25 July 2008

Photo by Rose Payne