I have seen pictures of these before and thought they looked as though they had been crumpled up and then straightened out again! Your pictures are great. I have never seen them in such detail, showing the blue and brown markings so clearly.
I think this is the one butterfly I have been most excited about this year…or several years for that matter. The first one I saw was the bottom shot. I just held my breathe. I was so afraid I would scare it away before I could get close enough to get a shot. I really, really wanted to be able to look at the details. I was so glad I got to see 4 or 5 more before we left! They really are one of my all time favorites, perhaps the favorite!
Ha ha! You have just reminded me that when I was in the Sierra Nevada on several occasions when I was taking pictures of butterflies I realised that I had stopped breathing! I had to take several deep breaths to stop myself blacking out!! My wife just rolled here eyes when I told her!!
my butterfly collection 
In the last photo this wonderful butterfly show how the camouflage of the strange end of its wings is so perfect <3
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Sid
It is a really wonderful butterfly Sid. And they are amazingly detailed for the perfect camouflage.
I have seen pictures of these before and thought they looked as though they had been crumpled up and then straightened out again! Your pictures are great. I have never seen them in such detail, showing the blue and brown markings so clearly.
I think this is the one butterfly I have been most excited about this year…or several years for that matter. The first one I saw was the bottom shot. I just held my breathe. I was so afraid I would scare it away before I could get close enough to get a shot. I really, really wanted to be able to look at the details. I was so glad I got to see 4 or 5 more before we left! They really are one of my all time favorites, perhaps the favorite!
Ha ha! You have just reminded me that when I was in the Sierra Nevada on several occasions when I was taking pictures of butterflies I realised that I had stopped breathing! I had to take several deep breaths to stop myself blacking out!! My wife just rolled here eyes when I told her!!
I’ve never seen this one before! It’s beautiful! Looks like a drawing :)
These are just incredible! I was so excited to finally get one!
Really nice photography of this amazing species. Thanks!