Great Spangled Fritillary on mums

In our main, back garden. Newly mulched. *Thickly* mulched. (But the surplus is gone!)

I think the flowers would be commonly known as chrysanthemums, but that's a widely-applied common name. I suspect this is from the Asteraceae family, and Tanacetum vulgare in particular.

Confirmed at BAMONA as “Speyeria cybele” or “Great Spangled Fritillary”; http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/sighting_details/1084811
Species page at BAMONA, http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Speyeria-cybele

Chrysanthemum genus page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Tanacetum&rank=genus

1 year ago (“Damselfly on my clik glasses”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-06-05
2 years ago (“A Solanum species flower…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-06-05
3 years ago (“Little Wood-Satyr”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-06-05
4 years ago (“Another boring flower photo…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-06-05
5 years ago (“Natural spiral…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-06-05

[ IMG_0886S12x8Atm :: f/6.3 (+0.7) :: 1/400" :: ISO-400 :: 250mm ]

[GaryW]

Lovely "mums"!