I was on my way to my 9:30 class from my apartment, running late, as usual. Yet, I couldn’t help but stop when I noticed a brown butterfly with beautiful white spots calmly settled on the pavement. Its wings were folded and it didn’t move as I got closer and closer trying to get a good picture, which leads me to believe that 
perhaps it was injured. ):
This butterfly was difficult for me to identify. I searched everywhere for “brown butterfly with white spots”, and couldn’t find any pictures that matched the ones I took. Luckily, the iNaturalist community helped my identify this Gulf Fritillary.
The reason I couldn’t find pictures of a brown butterfly with white spots is because I could only see the underside of the wings. The other side of the butterfly is actually orange with black markings and three white spots on each wing. More photos and information can be found here:
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Agraulis-vanillae
iNaturalist Observation: