Click Here for More Images from iStock- 15% off with coupon 15FREEIMAGES 
honeybee,butterfly and lady bud on lavender flowers in panoramic view
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.
Female Apollo Butterfly, Parnassius apollo
Old world swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
A vertical shot of a dark green fritillary on a flower
Dainty Swallowtail butterfly perched on a flower head
Close up of peacock butterfly
A close up photo of a Peacock Butterfly sunbathing on a flower
A photograph of a male Orange Tip butterfly feeding on Forget-Me-Not flowers in a meadow, in Lancashire’s beautiful countryside. The butterfly stands out against the background of bright green flora. The photograph was produced on a bright summer day in the rural area known as Wycoller, Lancashire, England
Butterfly Antennae.
Common Commander butterfly feeding on Mikania micrantha Kunth (Mile-a-minute Weed). Butterfly feeding on weeds.
Tortoiseshell butterfly on chive flowers,
Cased Collection of Exotic Butterflies
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 peacock butterfly nectaring from some Hawthorn blossom at RSPB Radipole.
Butterfly on white blossom
Colourful Peacock butterfly on Centaurea Scabiosa Knapweed flower in Ennerdale, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
A Peacock Butterfly resting on a thistle head
Lepidoptera insect on wild plants, North China
Aricia montensis
A butterfly perched atop a colorful bouquet of flowers in a grassy meadow.
Vanessa cardui is a very common migrant that arrives from Africa every summer. Numbers fluctuate annually, depending on the reproduction in Africa.\nThe species is most likely to be seen in open areas were the vegetation has a mosaic structure, such as waste land, fallow ground and pasture land.\nit uses various species of Carduus, Arctium and Cirsium both as larval food plant and as a source of nectar.\n\nThis is a common Migration Butterfly in the Netherlands.
Papilio machaon britannicus - Swallowtail butterfly on Sweet William flowers at RSPB Strumpshaw Fen in the Norfolk Broads xStrumpshaw, June 2023
Peacock butterfly taking nectar from lilac Buddleia flower
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.
Painted lady on butterfly bush in a Connecticut state forest, late summer. One of the most widely distributed butterflies in the world.
Painted lady butterfly, vanessa cardui on flower green background
Small copper butterfly on Oregano flower.
Peacock Butterfly close up photo sitting on wild flowers with an isolated background
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.
Free Images: "bestof:The genera and species of British butterflies (6069568684).jpg \ <br> ' tf - f ¥ \ '» \ � ' S 12763633 45887 12491 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/..."
Terms of Use   Search of the Day