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Sipping nectar from thick stemmed aster on Mount Washburn, an orange Mormon fritillary enjoys the last days of summer in Yellowstone National Park Wyoming.

green background and red butterfly, Pearl-bordered Fritillar, Boloria euphrosyne

Closeup of a great spangled fritillary butterfly, Speyeria cybele, using its proboscis to feed on nectar from a pink clover flower in a field at Morey Pond in Wilmot, New Hampshire.

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.

Butterfly sitting on a flower in Banff national park

Butterflies and bees on wildflowers gathering nectar and pollen.

A butterfly (atlantis fritillary) sunning itself in the wild.

The great spangled fritillary butterfly on the pale purple wildflowers

Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly feeding on a butterfly bush

Close up of Pacific fritillary (Boloria epithore) butterfly sitting on a pink One seeded pussypaws (Cistanthe monosperma) wildflower, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Northern California

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.

The great-spangled fritillary, along with having one of the coolest names in the butterfly world, is a widespread insect of North America. This one was spotted in the riverside area of Dry Island Buffalo Jump in the badlands of Alberta, Canada.

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

A macro shot of brown butterfly on yellow flowers in a garden

Closeup of a Gulf Fritillary butterfly feeding on red tubular flowers in a Florida garden

A Checkered Butterfly Collects Pollen from a wild flower.

Butterfly sitting on flower against a black background,

Callippe Fritillary sipping nectar from Yellow Star Thistle. Monte Bello Preserve, Santa Clara County, California

Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) feeding on a flower

Closeup of a great spangled fritillary butterfly, Speyeria cybele, foraging on a spotted knapweed flower on Mt. Sunapee, in Sunapee State Park, Newbury, New Hampshire.

This shot shows Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Butterfly on Achillea Millefolium (common yarrow) Wildflower. Other wildflowers surround the butterfly in this beautiful summer scene shot in the mountains of Utah, USA.

A closeup of a Great spangled fritillary perched on a flower

Great spangled fritillary on joe-pye weed in summer. The spangles are the silvery white spots on the underwings. The Latin word fritillus means chessboard or dice box. Fritillary is also a checkered flower.

Stanislaus National Forest in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California.

A vibrant Mormon fritillary butterfly rests atop yellow flowers, feeding on nectar, with its orange wings contrasting beautifully against the greens and yellows of the Colorado Rocky Mountain landscape.

Butterfly - Great Spangled Fritillary With Wings Spread

Sipping nectar from three-nerved fleabane (aster), a female Atlantis fritillary butterfly enjoys the flowers in Reynolds Park in Jefferson County, Colorado.

Various species of butterflies on mountain wildflowers in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.

$Lantana camara, commonly called lantana or shrub verbena, also known as big-sage, red-sage, white-sage and tick berry, is a species of flowering plant, which is native to Central and South America and has spread to the world. It bears small tubular shaped flowers, which each have four petals forming clusters. The blooming time is from early summer to autumn in temperate areas. Flowers come in many different colors, including red, yellow, white, pink, orange and purple.\nThe butterfly in the photo is Argyreus hyperbius, which is also called Indian fritillary.$

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