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On this hike, I saw a group of 20 Echo Azure, one to one side of them on a plant, another on the other side on the ground, a group of 15 on the other side of the creek, then maybe 7 more along the trail, and a few that were some other species of Blue.

And saw maybe 14 Common Ringlet.

Then 1 or 2 medium butterfly with brown wings

And 1 small butterfly or moth with black wings and white dots.

And 1 Swallowtail, maybe Anise.

Interestingly, I saw no Painted Lady, Satyr Comma, Mourning Cloak (but maybe saw 1 of them), Milbert's Tortoiseshell, or California Tortoiseshell.

Carolina satyr
https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/nbnc/a/accounts.php?acctID=95
and not intricate satyr
https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/nbnc/a/accounts.php?acctID=96
based on post-median line bending toward the head away from large top eyespot on hindwing.