January 23, 2023

This was a Dorantes Longtail

Now the victim of a swinging screen door

Butterflies are generally quite fragile things

And would never make it in the Marine Corp.

Location: St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park, Fellsmere

Sources: https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Urbanus-dorantes

Photo and text © 2022 Dee Fairbanks Simpson