The glowing orange color above is indeed as intense as it appears in this photo.

Mecklenburg Co., NC 10/18/02.

One of our most spectacular butterflies, fairly common along the southeastern NC coast in fall and also found in the southwestern mountains. Rare elsewhere. Rarely sit still!

One of 250 seen in New Hanover Co., NC on 10/5/02.

2002 was a banner year for this species in NC, with record high counts being set and broken and wanderers turning up throughout NC and Virginia.

New Hanover Co., NC 8/24/02.