It looks like a tropical buckeye to me or a hybrid between tropical and mangrove. The white edging along the both the hindwings and forewings suggests tropical, but the orangey coloring around the big eye spot on the forewing suggests mangrove - confusing!

Pretty butterfly, though!

Sherry

Thanks Sherry. I didn't realize there could be a hybrid between the two. This one shows up in my garden pretty much every day.. I live near a lot of mangroves....

Thanks again for responding.....Fred

This post was edited by floridafrass on Fri, Aug 9, 13 at 9:10