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Close up of Painted Lady - Vanessa cardui
Garden tiger moth or great tiger moth (Arctia caja) is a moth of the family Erebidae.
Papilio machaon. Butterfly in its natural environment.
Drinking up wet minerals, a black and white Weidemeyer’s admiral butterfly uses his long proboscis along Bear Creek, Morrison, Colorado.
The blue color of the Common Blue butterfly is less evident when its wings are closed, but a distinct blue hue does show up. The detailed patterns on the wings are a marvel of the artistry of nature. This photographe was taken in the midday sunshine in Southern Quebec in summertime.
Aricia montensis
Battus philenor, the pipevine swallowtail or blue swallowtail, is a swallowtail butterfly found in North America and Central America. This butterfly is black with iridescent-blue hindwings. Sonoran Desert near Tucson, Arizona.
Common Blue or Polyommatus icarus, Small blue butterfly
butterfly on the flower
Great spangled fritillary on joe-pye weed in summer, top or dorsal view, showing the pattern on the back of the wings. The Latin word fritillus means chessboard or dice box. Fritillary is also a checkered flower.
A butterfly on some hawthorn blossom.
Butterfly on white blossom
Butterfly on a goose flower meadow
Brenthis daphne, the marbled fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.\nDescription:\nBrenthis daphne has a wingspan of 30–44 millimeters. Wings are rather rounded, the basic color of the upper side of the forewings is bright orange, with an incomplete black marginal band. The underside of the hindwings have a yellowish postdiscal band and the marginal area is completely suffused with purple, with a marble effect (hence the common name). The quadrangular patch on the underside hindwing is partially shaded orange pink to outer side. The chrysalis has two dorsal rows of thorns with bright spots and a bright metallic shine.\nThis species is very similar to the lesser marbled fritillary (Brenthis ino), but the latter is slightly smaller and the coloration of said patch is completely yellow.\nBiology:\nThe butterfly flies from late May to early August depending on the location. The eggs are laid separately in July on the leaves of the host plants. The larvae feed on brambles (Rubus fruticosus), raspberry (Rubus idaeus), Rubus caesius, Rubus sachalinensis, Sanguisorba officinalis and Filipendula species, while adults usually feed on nectar from brambles, thistles and other flowers. This species is univoltine. It overwinters at the caterpillar stage in the egg shell. \nDistribution and habitat:\nThis widespread species is present in the Palearctic ecozone from the southern parts of the continental Europe (northern Spain, southern France, Germany, Italy and eastwards to Slovakia and Greece), up to Caucasus, western Siberia. It prefers warm and sunny forest edges, woodland and bushy areas where the host plants grow, at an elevation of 75–1,750 meters above sea level (source Wikipedia).\n\nThis Picture is made during a Vacation in Bulgaria in May 2018.
The scarlet tiger moth (Callimorpha dominula, formerly Panaxia dominula) is a colorful moth belonging to the tiger moth subfamily, Arctiinae. , an intresting photo
Small copper butterfly on Oregano flower.
Endangered butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, at rest showing beautifully patterned underside of wings
Great spangled fritillary, fluttering over summer wildflowers (joe-pye weed) as it feeds, with the focus on the eyes and head. The butterfly's striking pattern inspires its name. The Latin word fritillus means chessboard or dice box.
tiny butterfly on plant, Romanoff's Tomares, Tomares romanovi
Close up of male fiery skipper butterfly, Hylephila phyleus, feeding on stevia, Stevia rebaudiana. Sunnyvale, California, USA.
Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) butterfly feeding on a mint flower, sunset light in autumn, close up, macro, shallow depth of the field
A Purple Emperor Butterfly feeding on salts on a woodland track
Red admiral Vanessa atalanta, butterfly black with red oranges fringes sitting a greyed out budleia
Aglais urticae is a common resident. Migrants are also often seen. Its distribution probably has not changed during the last century. However, the Dutch Monitoring Scheme shows a decline in numbers in the 1990s; the cause is not known.\nAdults can be seen looking for nectar in gardens, parks and on roadside verges. \nThe caterpillars feed on the smaller plants of Urtica dioica in very sunny, open spots.\nThe species flies in two generations from the beginning of March until the end of October. The adult butterfly hibernates in cool, dark places, such as barns, attics, or hollow trees.\n\nThe Picture is made along a small Brook in the Eifel (Germany) in halfway August 2021.
gossamer-winged butterfly, A butterfly is gathering honey
Beautiful Apollo (Parnassius apollo) resting on a Echium vulgare, known as viper's bugloss.
Common Blue butterfly - polyommatus icarus and flowering Lychnis flos-cuculi, commonly called Ragged Robin
Butterfly
Plebejus argus, Silver Studded Blue Butterfly resting on grass in meadow
Great spangled fritillary butterfly on purple vervain flower in summer
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