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Look closely for yellow and brown to see the female Cloudless Sulfur butterfly.
[The butterfly is perched behind some green leaves. The yellow-green color of the butterfly is not significantly different than the color of the leaves.]

This one is much easier to see.
[The butterfly is perched on white/grey concrete so its yellow-green body with brown edges and a few brown spots is clearly visible.]

If not for the brown antenna and head, you might think this Cloudless Sulfur is just another leaf.
[The butterfly is perched on a leaf facing the camera so only a small sliver of wing is visible.]

Little sulphur pyrisitia lisa butterfly
[The yellow butterfly is perched on a small white flower. The butterly has one large brown spot and numerous small brown spots mostly concentrated near the large one. It has short brown stripe marks along the edges of the wings.]

Barred yellow butterfly
[The butterfly is perched on a blade of grass facing to the left. It appears to be all light gray except for two splotches of yellow on its wing.]

White peacock butterfly from the outside
[Right side view of the butterfly perched on a fogfruit flower which has purple center ringed by small white flowers. The white-tipped ends of the antenna contrast the green leaves around it. The body and the bulk of the wings are white. The wings have squiggles of brown in the lower half and brownish squiggle stripes are visible in the upper half. There is one dark circle visible in the middle of the wing.]

More dark spots are visible on this outside view of a different white peacock butterfly.
[Left side view of the butterfly perched at the top of a green plant. The white-tipped ends of the antenna contrast the dark background. The body and the bulk of the wings are white. The wings have squiggles of brown in the lower half and brownish squiggle stripes are visible in the upper half. There are three dark circles visible in the middle of the wings, two on the bottom wing and one one the top wing.]

White peacock butterfly from the inside
[Top down view as the butterfly rests on leaves on the ground with its head toward the top of the image. The outer edges of the wings are several rows of brown and orange wavy stripes. The inner part is nearly all white. It has three brown dots on each side and some small wavy squiggles of brown further in. The brown spots are ringed by yellow-orange and appear nearly flourescent. The upper part of the body is a greenish brown while the lower part has more white than brown. While the antenna are brown, the tips are yellow-orange.]

Even with all the missing wing sections, this White peacock butterfly did fly.
[Top down view as the butterfly as it is perched on a flower. Nearly all the outer edges of the wings are gone with only a small section on the upper right wing and another section on the lower left. The rest of the edges are worn to the outer part of the inner section of the wing. Below that remaining section on the upper right is a missing chunk as if something took a bite out of the wing. ]

The "whitest" white peacock butterfly I've seen.
[Top down view as the butterfly as it is perched on a flower. Some parts of the outer left wings are missing. The wings have squiggles of brown around the edges of the wings and the six brown spots, but the rest of the wings are grey white. Even the normal squiggles of brown within the wings are difficult to ascertain because they are so pale. ]

Inside and outside of white peacock butterfly
[View of the other side of the butterfly as well as some of the inside displays much more color. The upper part of the wings each have one dark brown spot while each lower half has two dark spots. The upper edges of the wings have orangish-tan patches while the inward sections have more brown. Brown squigglies create white sections in the inner parts of the wings.]

Head on view of white peacock butterfly
[The butterfly perched on a red Florida tasselflower looks straight at the camera with its wings at a vee angle. The right wing has a slight tilt so the colors and pattern on it are slightly visible. The black antenna are tipped in yellow.]

This is a Zebra Longwing butterfly.
[This dark brown butterfly with long, thick white stripes is perched on a flower with its wings spread flat and fully visible.]

The striped face and body are visible on this front view of the Zebra Longwing butterfly.
[The butterfly is perched on the yellow center of a white flower. Its antenna are above the head in a vee. Its stripes are clearly visible on its wings, head, and body.]

A Zebra Longwing butterfly with hunks of wing missing in two places on the bottom left.
[This dark brown butterfly with long, thick white stripes is perched on a flower with its wings spread flat making the missing parts visible.]

From the side one must look closely to discern this Common Buckeye butterfly from the ground around it.
[This butterfly has its medium brown wings folded together. Its legs and antenna are a lighter brown and nearly disappear into the background color.]

The light passing through the wings starts to give a hint of the colorful nature of this butterfly.
[A side back view of a butterfly on the ground with its wings open a small amount. The sunlight from the side lights the translucent nature of the wings indicating there is white and orange as well as the brown.]

In this side view, only the orange bars and "buckeye" hint at just how colorful this butterfly is on the inside.
[A right side view of a butterfly perched amide a yellow lantana bloom. The lower wing appears to be all brown while the upper has the thick orange stripes with thinner tan stripes between them. The dark circle with a small white dot in the center is near the outer edge of the upper wing and is around a very light tan patch of the wing.]

The Common Buckeye is the only butterfly with these colorful spots on its wings.
[A top down view of the butterfly sitting in the grass. The main color of the wings including the edges are brown. Within that are two stripes of orange at the top of each wing as well as orange near the brown border at the bottom of the wings. There is a white stripe on the outside or each wing and along the edges are a series of black-rimmed circles with large purple-blue centers and orange rings around the centers. Each wing has four 'buckeyes' of varying size.]

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