Out in the holler: Red Admirals and other butterflies

I observe several butterfly species for Nature's Notebook. The latest to show up (first seen on April 27) is the Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta:

Red Admiral (from above), April 28, 2015 [Photo: Cathie Bird]

 

Red Admiral (wings-folded view), April 28, 2015 [Photo: Cathie Bird]

 

Spring Azures and Eastern-tailed Blues appeared earlier in the spring but I was not able to "catch" any clear images until recently:

Spring Azure, (Celestrina ladon, form violacea), April 20, 2015 [Photo: Cathie Bird]

 

Eastern-tailed Blue (Everes comyntas), April 18, 2015 [Photo: Cathie Bird]

 

A few days later, I got this top view of an eastern-tailed blue:

Everes comyntas, April 21, 2015 [Photo: Cathie Bird]

 

I've also seen Eastern Tiger Swallowtails, Eastern Commas, one of the Crescent species, and some white butterflies. These likely are West Virgina Whites. I see a fair number of these in the spring, most often around the wild geraniums, though the holler hosts several toothwort species, the primary food source for this butterfly. I've found them hard to sneak up on for photos, but here's one from 2011:

Pieris virginiensis, April 14, 2011 [Photo: Cathie Bird]