These were taken on our first day in Bhutan last year. We had just arrived and decided to just hang out at the guest house for a while to recover from the travel. I took the camera and explored the grounds a bit when I came across these unremarkable-looking, brownish-greyish butterflies:
Except that then one of them gave the game away: 
I don’t have better photos, unfortunately — these guys clearly know that they attract attention when they open their wings and prefer a life in obscurity. (But they definitely made us decide to invest in a macro lens.)
If anyone can put a name to them, I’d be most grateful. This would be a species that is comfortable living at high altitudes and fairly chilly temperatures in the Himalayas.
OMG, beautiful butterflies! Some of them can go easily undetected, but did not. Great flowers.
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I don’t know thier name but I spent the summer chasing butterflies off and on and when I got home from the roadtrip, I bought a macro lens.
These guys really like to keep thier beauty hidden.
How beautiful! 🙂
Beautiful shot for this week themes
I don’t know the name, but I love the way they are slowly revealed.
they are gorgeous
Could be a Azure Sapphire Butterfly. Beautiful pictures!
I believe you’re right! http://www.indianaturewatch.net/displayimage.php?id=61575
Thank you so much!
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What a bright discovery! Very cool captures for this week’s challenge. : )
Hidden they are! But they have beautiful colors when they decide to let us see. The bottom shot has a little bee sharing……
So pretty!!