This is a butterfly of the Nymphalidai family, genus Speyeria, a species of Fritillary butterfly. As far as I can tell, by looking at other pictures and reading descriptions, this particular butterfly is the Aphrodite Fritillary.
Once again, this is pretty cool, as according to Butterflies of Massachusetts dot com, this particular species of Fritillary has become pretty uncommon in the New England area, supplanted by the Great Spangled Fritillary. Although, because I'm not very good at this, what I found could very well be a Great Spangled Fritillary.
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