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Upward angle natural closeup on the colorful orange spring version of the map butterfly, Araschnia levana

Extreme close-up portrait of a butterfly

A pollinator butterfly, an arthropod insect, is perched on a yellow flower in a field. This invertebrate is helping in the pollination process of the plant, a forb, by transferring pollen

The Painted Lady is a long-distance migrant, which causes the most spectacular butterfly migrations observed in Britain and Ireland.

Close-up of a bright butterfly on a wildflower. A butterfly sits on a white wildflower

This is a Hackberry Emperor photographed at the Pontotoc Nature Preserve in Oklahoma.

Meadow with lots of greenery and colorful flowers

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

natural photo of butterfly in the nature

A comma butterfly with it's wings open, settled on a blade of grass. The background is out-of-focus green grass. This picture was taken in Gloucestershire, England in late June.

Butterfly drinking juice from red flower - animal behavior.

Thyris fenestrella on White Clematis (Clematis vitalba).

Doris long wing (Heliconius doris) butterfly in Costa Rica.

Close-up of the Map butterfly, Araschnia levana, in spring season outfit with wings open,

$Melitaea didyma, the spotted fritillary or red-band fritillary, is a Palearctic butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.\nDescription:\nMelitaea didyma is a medium-sized butterfly with a wingspan reaching 35–50 millimeters The overside of the wings is a bright orange-brown with dark brown markings arranged in rows, which are quite variable in quantity and size. Sometimes the color of the females is a duller orange, shaded with grey-green. The underside of the wings is chequered pale yellow and pale orange. M. didyma has seasonal forms and sexual dimorphism. The male is fiery red, with a narrow dentate black distal border and a moderate number of small black dots and spots, which are dispersed over the basal half of the wing and end with a short band extending beyond the cell from the costa into the disc. On the underside, which is very abundantly marked with small black dots and hooks, a flexuous sub basal band and a curved submarginal one are situated on a delicately greenish, or yellowish, white ground. In the female the forewing and the anal area of the hindwing are much paler, being moreover dusted with blackish, while the costal half of the hindwing has preserved the red tint : the whole wings are much more abundantly but less prominently marked with black. There occur sometimes specimens with a blue gloss on the upper side. \nBiology:\nThis butterfly flies from March to October depending on the location. This species has two or three generations and overwinters as young caterpillar. \nThe larvae feed on various plants, including Linaria, Plantago lanceolata, Veronica, Centaurea jacea and Digitalis purpurea. \nDistribution:\nIt is found in southern and central Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, central Asia and Siberia. It is absent from northern Europe (England, Ireland, northern France, Germany, Poland and Scandinavia). \nHabitat:\nMelitaea didyma prefers flowery and grassy areas, meadows and roadsides (source Wikipedia).$

Orange butterflies of the Spotted fritillary (Melitaea didyma), Glanville fritillary (Melitaea cinxia) and Silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia) species photographed in the wild.

Single comma butterfly eating from Joe-Pye weed.

Caterpillar crawling U shape on green leaf - animal behavior.

A Butterfly melitaea Phoebe on the grass at sunset

An Orange-tip Butterfly resting on foliage

Side view close-up on the wings of the Map butterfly (araschnia levana) in summer outfit. The map two annual broods look very different. This summer brood are black with white markings.

$Polyommatus icarus is a common resident in the Netherlands.\nHabitat: The species occurs in a variety of flower-rich places, irrespective of nutrient level, pH or humidity. habitats include waste ground, grasslands and roadside verges.\nFood plants: Several species of Fabaceae serve as larval food plant.\nFlight Season: Common Blue flies in two, sometimes three generations from mid-May until the end of August, and hibernates as a half-grown caterpillar.\nDistribution: A common species in a great part of Europe, except the north of Scandinavia.\n\nThis Picture is made during a Vacation in Bulgaria in May 2018.$

Summer meadow with many insects bees butterflies bumblebee that are busy fertilizing and colorful flowers

Spiny elm caterpillar on a fan palm plant view from above

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