This little guy is Hylephila phyleus (Drury, 1773). According to the L.A. County Natural History Museum's Los Angeles Butterfly Survery, the Fiery Skipper is one of the most common butterflies to see in these here parts. He/she must have felt threatened that I was in his/her face (above, on the very properly named Butterfly Bush), so he/she moved to the nearby cactus (below), which was pretty intelligent for the obvious reason that a lot of potential harm-doers, including myself, would have to risk getting stuck pretty badly to mess with him/her there.
Later, June 22, 2011:
I'm finding more and more Fiery Skippers in the yard, frolicking about. At any time, there are four or five visible. Here's a view I didn't catch before:
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