Canadian Swallowtail

This butterfly had a hard life - lots of wing damage. Another name for the Buddleia flowers is butterfly bush.

As you may have noticed, Ron, the last group of photos are from 2017. I have not seen any of the butterflies this year that I saw then at Seven Ponds.There were many butterfly bushes attracting different species.

WOW, a magnificent series of butterflies, Doerthe !! They are so difficult to catch !!!
This tiger swallowtail has suffered a lot, but that's life. Now that I am back to the Parisian area, it will be very difficult for me to find some butterflies and other critters here, sniff !!! This is why I do so much regret the Alps !!!

Thank you very much for your nice comment, Marie-claire.

I can very well imagine that the city is not as good for a photographer to capture nature, but there are other photo opportunities for you that I will never have in the countryside where I live.