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Painted Lady Butterfly sitting on lilac Vervain

Lepidoptera insect on wild plants, North China

both sides views of silver-washed fritillary butterfly (Argynnis paphia) in female form isolated on white background

Common brown butterfly extreme macro shot illustrates its captivating details from wings and antennas

Meadow Brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina)

Peacock butterfly on a leaf in Gosforth Park Nature Reserve.

Common Blue or Polyommatus icarus, Small blue butterfly

Big butterfly with wings open on a yellow flower.

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

The well-marked butterfly on the white flowers of the hawthorn bush

Single holly blue ( Celastrina argiolus) butterfly in side view on top of a Loosestrife plant stem.

A close up of the butterfly (Limenitis populi ussuriensis) on moss.

Small copper butterfly on Oregano flower.

Kleiner Fuchs Aglais urticae Schmetterling am Schmetterlingsflieder im Hausgarten

macro shot of blue butterfly with soft green yellow background

Satyrus butterfly perched on rock and beautiful bokeh in the Sierra de Mariola de Alcoy, Spain

Butterfly on Sambucus (Elder or Elderberry) in the morning Light

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

Large Skipper butterfly on Oregano flower.

California Crescent Butterfly, Marine Headlands, California

Side view of silver-spotted skipper (Epargyreus clarus -- a butterfly) on purple vervain, extending its proboscis into a blossom. In a Connecticut garden, summer.

Worn and battered Great Spangled Fritallary on a wildflower.

tropical, tropical climate, macro, forest, leaf, wilderness

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