You can find more information about this beautiful Red Spotted Purple butterfly here, and it is a mimic of the toxic Pipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor.
I can tell you that the iridescent blues on the wings have to be seen to be truly appreciated.
Enjoy!
I haven’t seen those. We had a dearth of butterfly this year. No lunar moths, no monarchs and very little else except the yellow ones, monarch size. I forget the name.
I think you mean a Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly. Like this one: http://cedarlili.deviantart.com/art/Tiger-Swallowtail-549251427
And the winters have been severe which will impact the population for a couple of years.
That’s the one. Lots of them about.
So, you aren’t buying the butterfly apocalypse?