Family Ties

Brushfoots (family Nymphalidae): butterflies whose males have shorter than usual front legs. I am starting to recognize them everywhere.

The large showy ones like the fritillaries and monarchs

and humble little ones like the American snout and Carolina satyr,
the variegated crescents and ladies,

and the common buckeye, red admiral, and red-spotted purple.

Last year, I didn't know the word "brushfoot," nor would I ever have guessed that family ties bind these butterflies to one another.

Now I see one and think, I know the cousin!