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

Close up of Painted Lady - Vanessa cardui

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.

Macro shot of common blue butterfly (Polyommatus Icarus) on a dry twig in foreground. Defocused background with bluebell flower and some grass.

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.

Papilio machaon, the Old World swallowtail sips nectar from red clover.

A common blue butterfly in a meadow in close-up. The eye is in focus.

Brown Argus butterfly on a blade of grass in a nature reserve. Stukeley Meadows Nature Reserve Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

A small butterfly (blue) sits on a white flower. Side shot against a green background.

A Brown Argus Butterfly at rest on foliage

macro shot of blue butterfly with soft green yellow background

Silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia) placed in in the flowers. Bas-Rhin, Collectivite europeenne d'Alsace,Grand Est, France, Europe.

butterflies in wildlife and what we see through the lens

A brown butterfly with yellow-green eyes sips nectar from a yellow flower.

Orange butterfly on flower - summer background.

Small copper butterfly on Oregano flower.

A Bordered Patch butterfly perched on a flower head and covered in dew at the National Butterfly Center.

Great black wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus) in summer on narrow-leaved mountain mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium) in a Connecticut pollinator meadow, summer

The butterfly has sunlight shining through its wings

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

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