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.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Picture of Eumaeus atala taken at the Hershey Gardens Butterfly house. Date: 27 June 2008. Source: Own work. Author: Queerbubbles.
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.
This was our favorite of the day. They are smallish, but beautiful and cooperative with the camera. Our field guide says they were once almost eliminated from the U.S. but have made a comeback in S. Florida. There was certainly no shortage of them on this day.