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A lovely purple oak butterfly resting on a flower of the anise or pimpinella anisum. Quercusia quercus butterfly

$Callophrys rubi is a fairly scarce resident in the Netherlands. Until 1960, numbers were more or less stable., but between 1960 and 1970, they dropped by half. Inland, the species mainly occurs on the sandy soils in the eastern part of the Country; here, it is becoming rarer.\nHabitat: The Green Hairstreak is mostly found at woodland edges near Heathland, but also in woodland clearings, on nutrient poor, flower-rich grasslands, calcareous grasslands, and fallow land., where it uses a variety of larval food plants.\nFlight season: The species flies in one long generation from early May until early July.\n\nThis Picture is made during a long weekend in the Eifel (Germany) in June 2019.$

Swallowtail butterfly on a Japanese Lilac tree. And a bonus - there’s a cicada in the bottom right

White wood aster Eurybia divaricata (Aster divaricatus) flowers, herbaceous perennial plant in the family: Asteraceae, native range: Eastern North America.

Ruddy Daggerwing butterfly - with spread wings

Painted lady on butterfly bush in a Connecticut state forest, late summer. One of the most widely distributed butterflies in the world.

Flowering of the white Hydrangea Paniculata in the city park. Tardiva grade

Euptoieta claudia, the variegated fritillary, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

White Admiral butterfly (Limenitis camilla)

Purplish fritillary butterfly on a white flower.

$Clustered, mottled white flowers, broad leaves and long beanlike pods on tree branches, hanging over a pathway.\nLuxuriant Catawba flowering.$

$Satyrium acaciae, the sloe hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. \n\nDescription from Seitz:\nT. acaciae F. Smaller than true ilicis, hardly so large as esculi. Above uniformly dark brown, the male bearing 1-3, the female 2-5 small red anal spots. The line of white bars on the underside is straighter, being somewhat curved outward at the anal angle of the hindwing without forming a W. Male without scent-spot. \nLarva pale yellowish green or grass-green, with black head, two yellowish subdorsal lines and, further laterad, small pale oblique spots; in May adult on blackthorn, especially small bushes which grow on sunny slopes: the larva can be obtained by beating. The butterflies have very definite haunts which are widely dispersed throughout the distribution area and often of very limited extent ; they occur particularly on rocky slopes, with blackthorn hedges and exposed to the full force of the sun, in June, showing a preference for resting on Umbellifers. \nFlight Season:\nSatyrium acaciae has just one Generation and flies from June until July.\nDistribution:\nParticularly in Central Europe. From South France to Asia Minor and Transcaucasia. \nThe distribution of the sloe hairstreak ranges from 49° N in France and 51° N in Germany and Poland. It is absent from southern Italy, the Mediterranean islands, Portugal and Spain except for the Montes Universales and the north (source Wikipedia). \n\nThis Picture is made during a Vacation in Bulgaria in May 2018.$

White decorative fragrant skimmia japonica flowers. Japanese skimmia flowering ornamental plant background pattern

Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) feeding on joe-pye weed in summer, Connecticut, with defocused background. 4:3 format.

Flying insect collects nectar on a white flower. Skipper butterfly.

Drinking up nectar from milkweed flowers, a wild, mourning cloak butterfly feeds in Waterton Canyon near the South Platte River in Littleton, Colorado.

Old World swallowtail or Papilio machaon on the purple flower of a butterfly bush

White elderflower (Sambucus nigra). After processing, elder flower is used in traditional herbal medicine for colds, flu, allergies and catarrh, and arthritis. It is a good source of vitamin C. As such, it is a well-known plant in the field of traditional medicines. These medicinal properties may be one reason why it is also used to make a light white wine.

Map Butterfly (Araschnia levana) foraging on Wild Privet (Ligustrum vulgare) in the dunes

Varied Eggfly Butterfly (Female) In Subtropical Australian Garden. Also Known As Blue Moon Butterfly

Summer floral backdrop.Many small flowers on fluffy panicles of white shade in background light.Green leaves.Decorative flowering plant Highlander changeable,Persicaria polymorpha,in landscape design

Great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele) on butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii), summer, Connecticut

Papilio xuthus, also called Asian swallowtail, is sucking pollen of bougainvillea flowers. The photo was taken in a public park, located in the downtown Bangkok.

White Hydrangea arborescens Annabelle, backlit by the sun in summer. Flowers of smooth hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens)

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

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