Texas Hackberry Emperor by grannysue

Texas Hackberry Emperor

I liked how this butterfly sort of matched the stone it landed on. I "googled" brown butterfly to find what kind it is.
Brown butterfly - Asterocampa celtis
Superfamily: Papilionoidea (Butterflies (excluding skippers)
Family: Nymphalidae (Brushfooted Butterflies)
Subfamily: Apaturinae (Emperors)
Tribe: Apaturini
Genus: Asterocampa
Species: celtis (Hackberry Emperor)
Subspecies: antonia (Texas Hackberry)
Thank you for viewing and commenting, I appreciate all your comments and favs.
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I can see you are a butterfly lady! Where do you find them all?
April 18th, 2012  
Beautiful. So cool that it landed on this brown stone.
April 18th, 2012  
@maggiemae @yonnie I found these at the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens last Saturday. Most in the Four Seasons Garden area. They are really plentiful here now, maybe due to the mild winter that we had.
April 18th, 2012  
@maggiemae @yonnie Thank you for your comments.
April 18th, 2012  
Really great captue. So nice of it to land where it did!
April 18th, 2012  
Beautiful detail and butterfly. NIcely captured. Great commentary.
April 18th, 2012  
April 18th, 2012  
Another gorgeous butterfly shot. You are the butterfly queen!
April 18th, 2012  
Such a beautiful capture
April 18th, 2012  
Beautiful
April 18th, 2012  
that's a great focus and colours - so pretty, wonderful tones
April 18th, 2012  
Very attractive! I love the warm earthy tones. Beautiful capture. 8)
April 18th, 2012  
Beautiful; looks great against the stone.
April 18th, 2012  
I just discovered your site today and love your photos. Thanks for the info on this beautiful butterfly. Fabulous capture and a fav.
April 18th, 2012  
postcard perfect! i really like how the background compliments his colors
April 18th, 2012  
Beautiful catch.
April 18th, 2012  
Lovely shot - there's a slight softness to it that almost makes it look like a painting :)
April 18th, 2012  
great shot, beautiful butterfly
April 18th, 2012  
You do have lots of different butterfly species !
April 18th, 2012  
Gorgeous color he is and his surroundings, well done!!! fav!!
April 18th, 2012  
good macro, like the tonality and the colour
April 18th, 2012  
wow, this is beautiful, love the softness :)
April 18th, 2012  
I agree, so soft and beautiful!
April 18th, 2012  
So beautiful and well detailed . great that you also do explanation.
Thank you very much for fav my pic . i really appreciate it , it makes my day
April 18th, 2012  
He does look so pretty coordinating with his backdrop!!! Great find!
April 19th, 2012  
check out the tips of the antenea! very cool!
April 19th, 2012  
I love browns and this is gorgeous!
April 19th, 2012  
Lovely soft colours.
April 19th, 2012  
You have the prettiest butterfly captures!
April 20th, 2012  
@memejanetx3 @bigsusan55 Thank you!
@dishaparekh176 Thank you! There are so very many butterflies this year. I haven't seen this many in a long, long time.
April 20th, 2012  
this is just beautiful
April 22nd, 2012  
Love it! just beautiful! ..All of your butterflys are perfect captures!! Are you from Texas too?.. Great colors and focus.!
April 23rd, 2012  
@lalola616 Thank you!
@ellimae Thank you! Not originally from Texas, but got here as fast as I could, as they say. Have been in Texas for over 20 years.
April 23rd, 2012  
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