Butterfly ID please

I wouldn't normally ask... but...I just spent the last hour on http://www.bugguide.ne​t and after 200+ pages of butterfly photos... I couldn't find this one. I'm sure it is a common butterfly... maybe I just missed it in the mix. I think I have seen every skipper butterfly known to man!!! LOL I didn't know there were so many types.

Thanks for the help.
Hatch

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Perfect shot Hatch, the wings looks like a drawing... very beautyfull butterfly.

Congrats,
Laurent.

wow thats beautiful

It could be a foreign immigrant but I think it's possibly a monarch but an albino aberration. Well spotted - it could be quite scarce.

Great shot - very striking with the strong black / white contrast - almost looks like it has been painted!

Thank you all... not sure if this helps...should have mentioned this in the post. I photographed this one at a butterfly house/park on Okinawa. Here is the chrysalis

Beautiful Butterfly Hatch. Well taken.

Great shots! Do you have any pics of the butterfly with the wings open, as sometimes the pattern insider differ from the pattern outside. Good luck

Thank you Alby.

Here is the shot Adrian. I can only hope someone out there can point me in the right direction.

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Super shots Hatch. Lovely butterfly. Thanks for sharing.

It's one of the tree nymph species I'm pretty certain. Not sure what it's doing in the US though as they are a malaysia / SE Asia species. They are common enough in butterfly houses though (I've shot them in various collections in the UK) so could be an escape.

Sandpiper,

Thank you for the information. I will do a search on Google. This was shot in Japan

Thanks again,
Hatch

Maybe Idea leuconoe.........

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You all nailed it... many thanks! It isn't listed on http://www.bugguide.ne​t. Maybe I should send it over lol...would save people hours looking through the thousands of butterfly photos they have on their site.

Thanks again all.
Hatch

eccles wrote in post #3552754
It could be a foreign immigrant but I think it's possibly a monarch but an albino aberration. Well spotted - it could be quite scarce.

i agree with him to me it's does look like a monarch.

Bill