Butterflies 2

These were taken a few hours after my last post of pics. There was a new butterfly that had joined the first ones. She was beautiful with her blue black designs!! Plus the breeze had died down a little so I didn't have to chase the thistles and these pics came out clearer!

I did a little research on these butterflies and I believe they are Tiger Swallowtails and you can get some interesting facts about them here. I was excited to discover that the dark one is actually a female and the colorful ones are the males. It was also cool to note that the female's color mimicks that of the poisonous Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly.