Seven Spots Sipping

I found this butterfly in the secret valley my dad and I found. I think it had never seen a person before, because it never flinched when I got up close to it. I laid down on the ground as close as i could get. The camera focused at 9 inches away, and made a great depth of field effect. What I think is the most interesting about this butterfly is that it is sitting down. I have never seen a butterfly do that. It was using it's long curly 'tongue,' technically a proboscis, to drink water from the waterlogged soil.