"Exquisite!"
This is what some people are saying about the Red-Spotted Purple. It may be considered one of the most popular butterflies in the United States.
The top of the butterfly is a lovely iridescent blue, with white spots running down the outer rim of the wings, and with red spots showing through from underneath.
Here's a look at the underside of its wings. It looks like a completely different butterfly from this view.
It mimics the poisonous Pipevine Swallowtail, which is a great defense mechanism, but is not a swallowtail at all, and is actually from the brush-footed family of butterflies.
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