Click Here for More Images from iStock- 15% off with coupon 15FREEIMAGES 
Closed up Butterfly wing.
A butterfly pollinates an orange ball tree flower (Latin: Buddleja globosa).
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.
small blue orange and white butterfly with black speckles perched on a grass with green background, intense colours. horizontal and copy space
Dainty Swallowtail butterfly perched on a flower head
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.
Early morning Common Blue butterfly, Polyommatus icarus, pollinating on a flower in a meadow under bright sunlight.
Female Apollo Butterfly, Parnassius apollo
Close up of a beautiful butterfly
blue butterfly on yellow flower
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.
Common Commander butterfly feeding on Mikania micrantha Kunth (Mile-a-minute Weed). Butterfly feeding on weeds.
Gulf Fritillary butterfly in Costa Rica
Blue Butterfly
A blue Lycaenidae butterfly in close-up on a wildflower. Polyommatus icarus is a beautiful blue-colored pigeon. A butterfly sits on a blurred green background of grass. Macro photography of wildlife
Silver-washed fritillary
Extreme closeup of a colorful butterfly wing with green stripe
Melitaea athalia on the flower
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) feeding on a flower
Dorsal side Close-up of a butterfly swallowtail (Papilio machaon) - central Menorca
Closeup of a small or common Copper butterfly
Aricia montensis
Lepidoptera insect on wild plants, North China
The photo shows orange/yellow cosmos flowers and a butterfly called Argyreus hyperbius / Indian fritillary.\nNative to Mexico, cosmos sulphureus which is commonly called yellow cosmos is now grown all over including North America, Asia and Europe. This annual plant produces daisy-like flowers with flower colors ranging from yellow to orange to scarlet red. Orange cosmos normally blooms in summer and early autumn in Japan with butterflies circling around the flowers.
Melanargia galathea butterfly on a dry blade of grass under the morning sun
Farfalla Macaone sulla Valeriana
butterfly wing in multicolored spots. 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:insect butterfly animal outdoor organic pattern pattern macro depth of field landscape field photo border serene bright FRITILLARY, GREAT BASIN (Speyeria"
SWALLOWTAIL,_WESTERN_TIGER_(Papilio_rutulis)_6-16-11)_carcass_cr,_wayne_co,_ut_(1).jpg
Buckeye_on_Sage.jpg
Svastra_atripes_atrimitra,_F,_Face,_GA,_Baker_County_2015-01-09-16.51.37_ZS_PMax.jpg
Andrena_cuneilabris,F,Face,_Humboldt_Co,CA_2013-12-12-15.22.29_ZS_PMax.jpg
Diadasia_rinconis,_face,_Pima_Co.,_AZ_2016-09-30-17.30.jpg
P1030343.jpg
Blooming_flower.jpg
PYGMY-BLUE,_WESTERN_(Brephidium_exile)_(11-22-2014)_las_cienegas_national_conservation_area,_pima_county,_az_-02.jpg
12751858643_8b4e5c29ee_o.jpg
Osteospermum,_African_Daisy,_Cape_Daisy._Whirligig_type..png
Daylily_(Hemerocallis_cv.)_flower_bud_begins_to_open_after_a_brief_shower..png
Anthidium_oblongatum,_Gynandromorph,_Tip_of_Abdomen,_top,_PA,_Adams_County_2014-11-24-16.38.57_ZS_PMax.jpg
bee_eucerine,_f,_chile,_face_2014-08-09-14.03.29_ZS_PMax.jpg
Lithurgus_scabrosus,_F,_face,_maui,_hi_2014-05-01-17.49.25_ZS_PMax.jpg
Andrena_krigiana,_female,_face_2012-08-06-18.17.39_ZS_PMax.jpg
Andrena_wellesleyana,_m,_face,_Middlesex_Co,_MA_2016-02-09-11.45.jpg
Andrena_alleghaniensis,_U,_side_2013-01-04-14.11.19_ZS_PMax.jpg
Colletes_nudus,_female,_face_2012-04-02-08.53.09_ZS_PMax.jpg
_DSC0180.jpg.jpg
10463663773_58ecae218d_o.jpg
Las_simples_cosas.jpg
Cosmo_Flower.jpg
balletto.jpg
flower.jpg
WE_GET_TO_THE_DNA_OF_DECISION_MODELING.png
IMG_1000.jpg
13348676034_2a40bdf8e8_o.jpg
dasypoda,f,_united_kingdom,_side_2014-10-11-20.33.26_ZS_PMax.jpg
Centris_haemorrhoidalis,_M,_Face,_Puerto_Rico,_Yauco_2014-09-23-16.36.57_ZS_PMax.jpg
Syrphid_Fly2,_Face,_MD,_Beltsville_2013-09-28-18.36.26_ZS_PMax.jpg
Osmia_brevicornis,f,_jaw,_kyrgystan_2014-08-08-10.33.33_ZS_PMax.jpg
bee15274,_f,_turkey,_side_2014-08-14-17.53.52_ZS_PMax.jpg
Chelostoma_rapunculi,_m,_side,_warren_county,_ny_2014-07-05-17.29.12_ZS_PMax.jpg
Osmia_species,_m,_face,_bright_green,_San_Francisco,_CA_2016-05-04-16.09.jpg
Lasioglossum_georgeckworti,_F,_Face,_NY,_Queens_2014-04-22-14.24.47_ZS_PMax.jpg
Nomada_seneciophila,_f,_face,_md,_charles_county_2015-11-20-17.31.jpg
Lycaeides_melissa_samuelis,_U,_M,_Side,_U_2013-07-03-15.24.43_ZS_PMax.jpg
Xylocopa_mordax,_F,_right_side,_Dominican_Republic_2012-10-03-16.59.15_ZS_PMax.jpg
Andrena_hirticincta_,_f,_side,_Maine,_Du_Clos_2015-12-01-11.37.jpg
cerambycid,_u,_face_close,_MD,_pg_county_2014-06-18-15.26.53_ZS_PMax.jpg
Megachile_species,_m,_south_africa,_kruger,_back_2016-12-08-17.10.jpg
its_electric.jpg
_DSC0104.jpg
Intreccio_(DSC_0510).jpg
Oak_leaves.jpg
21638820581_f5aea96b78_o.jpg
Közönséges_Gyöngyházlepke_/_Queen_of_Spain_Fritillary_/_Issoria_lathonia.jpg
There_is_no_chaos,_there_is_harmony.jpg
Gufo_reale_(DSC_0788).jpg
_DSC0002.jpg.jpg
Cosmos.jpg
Cosmos.jpg
Ansozour_0001.jpg
Andrena_israel,_f,_israel,_back_2014-10-11-15.38.59_ZS_PMax.jpg
Megachile_gemula,_F,_Side,_PG_county,_MD_2014-01-30-10.55.37_ZS_PMax.jpg
Rockrose_(Cistus_sp.)..png
Honeybee_on_Aster.png
Lipotriches_,_f,_australia,_face_2014-11-02-01.57.03_ZS_PMax.jpg
Stingless_bee_3,_f,_face,_peru_2014-07-30-13.12.18_ZS_PMax.jpg
Nomada_seneciophila,_m,_face,_md,_charles_county_2015-11-20-18.00.jpg
bee15274,_f,_turkey,_face_2014-08-14-17.44.40_ZS_PMax.jpg
Panurginus_calcaratus,_f,_side,_Norway_2014-08-06-09.32.48_ZS_PMax.jpg
Joe-pye_weed_and_Swallowtail_Butterfly.jpg
Boxelder,_twig_upper_marlboro_2015-04-10-20.29.25_ZS_PMax.jpg
Early_Bumblebee_(Bombus_pratorum)_landing_on_Echinacea_Flower_(Echinacea_purpurea)..png
Panurginus_calcaratus,_f,_facd,_Norway_2014-08-06-09.15.21_ZS_PMax.jpg
Hoplitis_spoliata,_male,_face,_NY,_Franklin_Co_2014-07-01-12.32.21_ZS_PMax.jpg
Melissodes_subillata,_f,_side,_velum,_Dorchester_Co,_MD_2015-12-09-13.41.jpg
Colletes_brevicornis,_m,_face,_velum,_Queen_Anne_Co,_MD_2015-12-09-11.59.jpg
Melitta_haemorrhoidalis,_f,_england,_side_2014-11-02-01.34.36_ZS_PMax.jpg
Lithurgus_tibialis,_F,_Face,_Greece,_Aegean_Islands,_Lesvos,_Mytilene_2015-03-06-15.06.16_ZS_PMax.jpg
Death_Star_Jimsonweed,_pod,_old,_upper_marlboro,_md_2015-04-10-20.42.12_ZS_PMax.jpg
Centris_decolorata,_F,_Face,_Puerto_Rico_2013-07-04-12.27.56_ZS_PMax.jpg
Andrena_krigiana,_female,_back_2012-08-06-18.10.32_ZS_PMax.jpg
Megachile_campanulae,_male,_face_2012-07-06-18.26.jpg
Calliopsis_nebraskensis,_Male,_Back,_New_Haven_County,_CT_2013-10-25-19.13.35_ZS_PMax.jpg
Scolia_bicincta,_M,_face,_Massachusetts,_Barnstable_County_2013-03-21-16.58.54_ZS_PMax.jpg
Campsomeris,_F,_back1,_Dominican_Republic_2012-12-04-16.43.11_ZS_PMax.jpg
Agapostemon_virescens,_f,_right_side,_Caroline_CO._MD_2016-04-15-17.09.jpg
Anthidium_maculifrons,_M,_face,_Florida,_St._Johns_2013-02-06-14.07.50_ZS_PMax.jpg
Karner_blue,_M,_back_2013-01-31-14.22.jpg
Lasioglossum_prasinogaster,_F,_Face,_WY,_Lincoln_County_2014-04-25-14.44.53_ZS_PMax.jpg
Andrena-rudbeckiae,-male,-face_2012-06-12-14.22.37-ZS-PMax.jpg
Pasqueflower.jpg
Megachile_montenegrensis,_M,_Face,_Greece,_Aegean_Islands,_Lesvos,_Mytilene_2015-02-12-15.44.02_ZS_PMax.jpg
Megachile_policaris,_face,_chambers_co,_Texas_2016-07-27-18.10.jpg
Bombus_perplexus,_f,_face,_Centre_Co.,_PA_2016-10-20-10.23.jpg
Tylopelta_gibbera,,_f,_sternites_2016-11-12-19.50.jpg
Megachile_pugnata,_f,_face,_National_Arboretum,_DC_2016-06-27-14.13.43_ZS_PMax_UDR.jpg
Karner_blue,_M,_side,_2013-01-31-14.26.jpg
Spring_Leaves.jpg
Honey_bee.jpg
Autumn_is_here.jpg
pixella15810.jpg
DSCN4678.jpg
Macro_petal.jpg
Sans_Soucis.jpg
"_Volupto_".jpg
Cactus_in_gravel.jpg
Mariposa.jpg
Terms of Use   Search of the Day