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Close up of Painted Lady - Vanessa cardui

view of both sides Nymphalidae Damora Sagana butterfly isolated on white background, wildlife collection

Close shot of an Apollo or mountain Apollo (Parnassius apollo) butterfly resting on a field scabious.

Common Commander butterfly feeding on Mikania micrantha Kunth (Mile-a-minute Weed). Butterfly feeding on weeds.

Lepidoptera insect on wild plants, North China

$Aglais urticae is a common resident. Migrants are also often seen. Its distribution probably has not changed during the last century. However, the Dutch Monitoring Scheme shows a decline in numbers in the 1990s; the cause is not known.\nAdults can be seen looking for nectar in gardens, parks and on roadside verges. \nThe caterpillars feed on the smaller plants of Urtica dioica in very sunny, open spots.\nThe species flies in two generations from the beginning of March until the end of October. The adult butterfly hibernates in cool, dark places, such as barns, attics, or hollow trees.\n\nThe Picture is made along a small Brook in the Eifel (Germany) in halfway August 2021.$

Common yellow swallowtail or old world swallowtail - Papilio machaon - resting on a blossom of viper's bugloss or blueweed - Echium vulgare

Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) feeding on joe-pye weed in summer, Connecticut, with defocused background. 4:3 format.

Beautiful painted lady (Vanessa cardui) pollinating at bright valerian flowers

Sipping nectar, a colorful painted lady butterfly enjoys the yellow flowers of the alpine goldenrod on the side of Mount Evans, Colorado near 10,000 feet in elevation.

A Brown Argus Butterfly at rest on foliage

macro shot of blue butterfly with soft green yellow background

Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) butterfly perched on a twig all on a white background

Mimathyma schrenckii both forewing and hindwing view, beautiful butterfly collection isolated on white background

Nine-spotted moth or yellow belted burnet, Amata phegea, formerly Syntomis phegea, macro in weed, selective focus, shallow DOF

Palamedes Swallowtail - Papilio palamedes - large butterfly with yellow, black, blue pattern and colors. Isolated on white background top dorsal view

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.

$Brenthis daphne, the marbled fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.\nDescription:\nBrenthis daphne has a wingspan of 30–44 millimeters. Wings are rather rounded, the basic color of the upper side of the forewings is bright orange, with an incomplete black marginal band. The underside of the hindwings have a yellowish postdiscal band and the marginal area is completely suffused with purple, with a marble effect (hence the common name). The quadrangular patch on the underside hindwing is partially shaded orange pink to outer side. The chrysalis has two dorsal rows of thorns with bright spots and a bright metallic shine.\nThis species is very similar to the lesser marbled fritillary (Brenthis ino), but the latter is slightly smaller and the coloration of said patch is completely yellow.\nBiology:\nThe butterfly flies from late May to early August depending on the location. The eggs are laid separately in July on the leaves of the host plants. The larvae feed on brambles (Rubus fruticosus), raspberry (Rubus idaeus), Rubus caesius, Rubus sachalinensis, Sanguisorba officinalis and Filipendula species, while adults usually feed on nectar from brambles, thistles and other flowers. This species is univoltine. It overwinters at the caterpillar stage in the egg shell. \nDistribution and habitat:\nThis widespread species is present in the Palearctic ecozone from the southern parts of the continental Europe (northern Spain, southern France, Germany, Italy and eastwards to Slovakia and Greece), up to Caucasus, western Siberia. It prefers warm and sunny forest edges, woodland and bushy areas where the host plants grow, at an elevation of 75–1,750 meters above sea level (source Wikipedia).\n\nThis Picture is made during a Vacation in Bulgaria in May 2018.$

An Old World Swallowtail Butterfly resting on a Dill (Papilio Machaon)

Blue butterfly on stonecrop, Summer in the Eifel,Germnay.

Beautiful butterfly isolated on a white background.

The Marbled White is a distinctive and attractive black and white butterfly, unlikely to be mistaken for any other species.

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