The Gulf Flitillary, Agraulis vanillae, is an orange and black butterfly found in southern areas of the United States. I saw this butterfly in the same place I found the Red Bird of Paradise. There were several other butterflies in the area, potentially a Clouded Sulphur butterfly and an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, but this one was still long enough for a few pictures.
This beautiful butterfly, like most, comes from a humble and ugly beginning. The mature larva is a toxic orange with many black spines. Butterflies are being largely impacted by humans, migration has been interrupted by wind turbines and other large structures, pesticides and herbicides have a substantial impact but climate change may be the largest impact yet. Global warming may disrupt the synchronization of the waking of the caterpillar in the spring and food availability provided by violets.
This information was found here and the iNaturalist post can be seen here