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A Morning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) butterfly on the ground in bright sunlight.

A morio in the boreal forest warms up in the sun.

BUTTERFLY MOURNING CLOAK .Nymphalis antiopa

Drinking up nectar from milkweed flowers, a wild, mourning cloak and skipper feed together in Waterton Canyon near the South Platte River in Littleton, Colorado.

Side view of a Morning Cloak Butterfly on plant.

Red-spotted purple butterfly (Limenitis arthemis astyanax) on rock in Connecticut. This individual has muted red spots. A butterfly mainly of the eastern U.S., the same species as the quite different-looking white admiral, which ranges farther north. The red-spotted purple is thought to be a mimic of the poisonous pipevine swallowtail.

In the gentle embrace of a sun-kissed morning, a majestic Morning Cloak butterfly delicately perches upon a bed of vibrant green and white leaves. The Morning Cloak is a large butterfly native to Eurasia and North America. Its wings, an exquisite display of nature's artistry, are adorned with velvety ebony hues, elegantly contrasted by brilliant splashes of fiery orange along the outer edges. The intricate patterns on its wings, resembling delicate marbled brushstrokes, add an enchanting touch to its presence.

a butterfly rests on a rock in the Amazon region of Ecuador

Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa) butterfly is also called the Mourning Cloak

Aglais milberti, the fire-rim tortoiseshell or Milbert's tortoiseshell, is considered the only species of the proposed Aglais genus that occurs in North America. Great Basin National Park, Nevada.

A Mourning Cloak butterfly rests on rocks.

Garden Inspector or Garden Commodore butterfly Precis archesia on the surface of a rock in the Kruger National Park in South Africa

Nymphalis antiopa, known as the mourning cloak in North America and the Camberwell beauty in Britain, is a large butterfly native to Eurasia and North America. The immature form of this species is sometimes known as the spiny elm caterpillar.

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

Camberwell beauty butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa) warming in early spring sun after hibernation as imago adult insect. La Brenne, France.

Empress leilia butterfly warms himself on a rock in Big Bend Ranch State Park in west Texas.

(Nymphalis californica) The California Tortoiseshell is a migrating species to the Pacific Northwest. Eating snowbush and deerbrush species for nectar.

A camberwell beauty butterfly in spring in the Laurentian forest.

A large European butterfly Camberwell beauty resting on the ground on a summer day in Estonia

$Identification: Short projections on both wings, borders irregular. Upperside is purple-black with a wide, bright yellow border on outer margins, and a row of iridescent blue spots at the inner edge of the border. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n$

mourning cloak / camberwell beauty (Nymphalis antiopa) sitting on the road

Polygonia c-album Comma Butterfly Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

The Macuco Trail is a moderate hiking path thru the rainforest and close to one of the smaller falls

This mourning cloak butterfly just wen through a storm, and is on the south shore of Lake Superior.

Camberwell Beauty butterfly basking on fallen Birch tree in Denmark

$The Red Admiral is a common and regular migrant in the Netherlands. The species is regularly seen in gardens during mid-late summer. They are often found feeding on garden Buddleias or during late summer/early autumn seen feeding often in large numbers on flowering Ivy and rotting fruit in gardens and orchards.\n\nHabitat: Anywhere in the Netherlands where abundant nectar sources are available and Common Nettle the larval food plant can be found.\n\nDistribution: This familiar butterfly can be found anywhere in the Netherlands in almost all habitat types. It is a strong flyer and is known to migrate from continental Europe to the North every year.\n\nThis is a common Migration Butterfly in the Netherlands.$

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