name that butterfly !!!

he/she is in our yard on a very low plant. in the first picture you can see the bottoms on the wings are not even. we are guessing that it just emerged and is still opening up. I hope it doesn't make its way closer to the chickens. 

I moved it to an unused Santa Maria Grill. it's up higher now. I gave it some sugar water but it declined. it's climbing the chain for a higher resting spot. I didn't want it on the ground because the dogs almost trampled it multiple time. 

Reminds me of the time we had a group of Mourning Cloak butterflies emerge in Simi Valley   https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152031034655512&set=pb.654375511.-2207520000&type=3




this is a Western Tiger Swallowtail





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