Here's another good reason to grow Echinacea.  Butterflies love them too.

 

I think this is a Pearl crescent.  This pose is typical for Pearl crescent - with its wings spread flat.  It sure made it easy to approach and take a picture.  Almost like he posed for me.

 

Crescents get their name from the small light color crescent near the edge of the hind wings.

 

Their larval food is asters which abounds here.  I'll get a picture soon.  But their nectar favorites are Black-eyed Susans and white clover.  Lots of that around too.  

 

This is fun, researching and learning the names of butterflies, so I can share fairly accurate information with you.

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!