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butterfly sitting on white flower - argynnis paphia

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.

A great Spangled Fritillary feeds on butterfly weed.

Green-veined white Butterfly - Pieris napi sucks nectar with its trunk from the blossom of Origanum vulgare - Oregano or wild Marjoram

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.

Southern White Admiral butterflies (Limenitis reducta) viewed on top

Close-up of a beautiful buttery on a leaf.

macro shot of blue butterfly with soft green yellow background

Common Blue butterfly - polyommatus icarus and flowering Lychnis flos-cuculi, commonly called Ragged Robin

Beautiful Apollo (Parnassius apollo) resting on a Echium vulgare, known as viper's bugloss.

$The Peleides blue morpho, photographed at the Montreal insectarium as part of the exhibition: \$

Common Commander butterfly feeding on Mikania micrantha Kunth (Mile-a-minute Weed). Butterfly feeding on weeds.

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 chalkhill blue - Lysandra coridon - sucks nectar with its trunk from the blossom of Origanum vulgare - Oregano or wild Marjoram

Close up of colourful butterfly in vegetation.

Lepidoptera insects in the wild, North China

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

Common Blue or Polyommatus icarus, Small blue butterfly

Polites peckius, the Peck's skipper, is a North American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae, subfamily Hesperiinae.

A Lorquin's Admiral Butterfly gathers nectar from a bloom in Colusa County, California

Lepidoptera insect on wild plants, North China

Front view of a painted lady butterfly sucking on flowering origanum.

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