Randy Emmitt and I found five stunningly patterened Pine Elfins, including the one to the left, which was laying eggs, while looking for Frosted Elfins in Franklin Co., NC 4/24/02.

This one's showing a little of the brown upper surface of its hindwing.

Moore Co., NC 4/20/05.

Another individual that had been nectaring on blackberry blossoms (Rubus argutus).

Franklin Co., NC 4/24/02.