Painted lady butterfly

So today was the day we released the butterflies.  It actually took quite a long time for some of them to fly off and 2 stayed in the garden for most of the rest of the day.  This photo was taken just after one had fluttered out of the net and landed nearby.  It stayed in the grass here for some time before eventually flying off.  The extra photo is of the other butterfly that stayed for a while, but this time with its wings closed. Even with the more muted colours of the underside of their wings, I still think they are beautiful.