12/2/21

 This summer I was out in Pennsylvania visiting family.  While there we went to Hershey Gardens where they had a cool butterfly house.  I was able to capture one of my favorite butterflies enjoying some lovely purple flowers.  This is a Paper Kite butterfly.  They are usually found in Asia from Thailand to Malaysia, the Phillipines, Southern Taiwan and also northern Australia.  They are fairly large, the average wingspan is 3.75 to 4.5 inches.

7/19/17

I haven't shared a butterfly for a while so here you go.  😁  This is a shot I got a while ago on a trip to Denver and a Butterfly house just north of the city.  This is one of my favorite tropical butterflies, a Paper Kite, perched on some Penta flowers I think.  Paper Kites are fairly large butterflies and quite beautiful and dainty even though larger.  Their wingspan is a good 4 inches or even more across.  I've seen one that was at least 6 inches across.  Could be this one.  LOL  It's been a while.