Atala - Eumaeus atala, Brookside Gardens "Wings of Fancy", Wheaton, Maryland. This was at a butterfly exhibit. I saw this butterfly last year in the wild at Fairchild Tropical Gardens in Miami.
Description: Eumaeus atala (Poey, 1832) - atala hairstreak butterfly in Florida, USA. (captive, Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation's Native Plant Nursery, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA) Classification: Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. Date: 24 April 2015, 00:11. Source: Eumaeus atala (atala hairstreak butterfly) (Florida, USA) 2. Author: James St. John.
Description: Eumaeus atala (Poey, 1832) - atala hairstreak butterfly in Florida, USA. (captive, Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation's Native Plant Nursery, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA) Classification: Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. Date: 17 December 2013, 13:36. Source: Eumaeus atala (atala hairstreak butterfly) (Florida, USA) 1. Author: James St. John.