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A great Spangled Fritillary feeds on butterfly weed.

Garden tiger moth or great tiger moth (Arctia caja) is a moth of the family Erebidae.

White gooseneck loosestrife, Lysimachia clethroides, white flower spike in close up with a blurred background of leaves.

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.

Early in the morning, dew-covered butterflies wait for the sun to come out and dry them to fly.

American Lady Butterfly On White Flowers

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

04 september 2021,, Basse Yutz, Yutz, Portes de France, Moselle, Lorraine, Grand Est, France. In a meadow, a male Common Blue Butterfly has landed on a clover flower to forage.

Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) feeding on Wild Bergamot on a mid-summer afternoon at Clarence Schock Memorial Park in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.

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

Small pearl-bordered fritillary (Boloria selene) on yarrow flower

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.

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

The Painted Lady is a long-distance migrant, which causes the most spectacular butterfly migrations observed in Britain and Ireland

$The Peleides blue morpho, photographed at the Montreal insectarium as part of the exhibition: \$

Beautiful Apollo (Parnassius apollo) resting on a Echium vulgare, known as viper's bugloss.

Discover the vibrant charm of wildflowers as they paint the landscape with bursts of color, a testament to the beauty and resilience of nature's floral tapestry.

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

orange butterfly on white flower, Ionian Emperor, Thaleropis ionia

A meadow brown, or maniola jurtina butterfly ,on achillea

Lepidoptera insects in the wild, North China

macro shot of blue butterfly with soft green yellow background

Blooming flowers of buddleja davidii iin a summer garden. Flowers that butterflies love

A Grey Hairstreak Butterfly Nectaring on a Flower

Cornflower close up. Compyloneuro virgula beetle in the foreground.

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