It was clear, hot day. I walked over to the beach, and as I crested the small rise that leads to the rocky shore, the azur blue of the sky and the sea were blindingly beautiful. Everything sparkled…little glints of rock on the beach, waves catching the sun.
A slight movement caught my eye, and I turned just in time to glimpse a butterfly, black with four white spots on its wings. So simple, so graphically arresting and apparently so common: Hypolimnus missipus…the Mimic. Not sure why it’s called that…maybe it’s mimicking a black and white cow or black and white party dress.
It made me very happy.
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