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American Snout
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Awesome shot!
aolander
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Very nice! You got everything in the plane of focus. Beautiful colors! I think, however, that the butterfly is a Painted Lady. 
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American Snout
American snouts have greatly elongated labial palps (mouthparts) that make them seem to have long “noses.” There is only one species of snout butterfly in North America. Forewings are elongated with squared-off wingtips. The dorsal wing pattern is orange with wide dark borders with white spots...
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Beautiful, with a perfect focus on the butterfly.
Woody Meristem
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I thought you meant one of these 
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Thank you alll, it is indeed a beautiful butterfly!I thought you meant one of these
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Very nice! You got everything in the plane of focus. Beautiful colors! I think, however, that the butterfly is a Painted Lady.
American Snout
American snouts have greatly elongated labial palps (mouthparts) that make them seem to have long “noses.” There is only one species of snout butterfly in North America. Forewings are elongated with squared-off wingtips. The dorsal wing pattern is orange with wide dark borders with white spots...
Lifestyle choice of the world's most cosmopolitan butterfly
Butterflywatch: Most painted ladies have already headed south, and new research reveals just how far these butterflies travel
You are both absolutely correct on ID. I wasn't paying enough attention and I'm not great on butterfly ID. Thank you.