Julia Butterfly (Dryas iulia) — Butterfly Experience, Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, Maryland
A Julia Butterfly (Dryas iulia) feeds on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) at the Butterfly Experience, Brookside Gardens' South Conservatory, Wheaton, Maryland. One of the faster-flying butterflies in the exhibit, the Julia is common throughout Central and South America and is a frequent presence in butterfly house collections worldwide.