This butterfly was feasting on a poke milkweed flower (Asclepias exaltata) on the side of a mountain road in Banner Elk, NC around 4pm.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Speyeria
Species: S. cybele
Bird was perched on a stump in the Allegheny River.