Silver washed fritillary-valenzina form

[poacher]

silver washed fritillary valenzina form

Silver washed fritillary, valensina form. by poacher rtd, on Flickr

 

[Kodiak Qc]

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Red, green on the head and blue on the wing…
are those iridescence?

 

[poacher]

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Red, green on the head and blue on the wing…
are those iridescence?

Maybe iridescence, as this form of the silver washed fritillary is'nt very common I just wanted a photo of it, I've seen it 3 days in a row and it has been hard to photograph. The valenzina form of this butterfly is always female.

 

[Graham]

Nice find, Patience is a virtue as they say.

 

[poacher]

Thank you for the comments