butterfly

I've been seeing these brown-and-gold butterflies with spots.

They alight on the ground, on the newly-cut grass, fly up but not very high, and land again. When I first saw this one outside our door I thought it was hurt and just couldn't fly.

Now I think they're probably "puddling", which is when butterflies sip up minerals and nutrients from moisture on the ground.

This one I took pictures of is a Buckeye butterfly; they're quite common around here.