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Southern White Admiral butterflies (Limenitis reducta) viewed on top

Tiny blue butterfly on lichen rock, Romanoff's Tomares, Tomares romanovi

Monarch butterfly on purple aster flower in early autumn

Swallowtail butterfly sitting on a wild flower on a meadow

Celery butterfly forages a butterfly shrub in Quebec in the fall.

Great spangled fritillary seeming to smile as its proboscis goes into a flower of joe-pye weed. Sharply focused on the eyes and head. The butterfly's striking pattern inspires its name. The Latin word fritillus means chessboard or dice box. The spangles are the silvery white spots on the underwings.

Map Butterfly (Araschnia levana) foraging on Wild Privet (Ligustrum vulgare) in the dunes

This is a Hackberry Emperor photographed at the Pontotoc Nature Preserve in Oklahoma.

A pretty cracker butterfly lands in the gardens for a visit

Empress leilia butterfly warms himself on a rock in Big Bend Ranch State Park in west Texas.

Photograph of a male Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) perched on a tiny tree branch in spring. Photographed in southern Manitoba.

Hummingbird clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe) hovering at butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii), with the focus on its spiraled, pollen-covered proboscis. Taken in a Connecticut flower garden, summer.

Butterfly sitting on a rock in a dry creek bed

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

An Old World swallowtail butterfly - Papilio machaon, Papilionidae - resting on a stone on top of a mountain in the Switzerland Alps

Side view macro close-up of a single tiger longwing butterfly (Heliconius hecale) sitting on a pink flower

Butterfly on the plant. Balkan Copper, Lycaena candens

Front view of a painted lady butterfly sucking on flowering origanum.

Argynnis hyperbius butterfly female pollinating on a flowers in daytime summer season in their natural forest habitat

Dainty Swallowtail Butterfly 'Papilio anactus'

Tsitsikamma National Park is a protected area on the Garden route. It is well known for its indigenous forests and dramatic coastline.

Imperfect eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly (male) on joe-pye weed in summer. He flies, feeds, and even inspires despite damaged wings. Third in a series of three. Taken in Connecticut, midsummer.

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