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

Apollo Butterfly - Lower Moselle, Moselle, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Female Apollo Butterfly, Parnassius apollo

Apollo butterfly with open wings on a flower on agreen background

Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo) living in mountainous areas, isolated on white background

$Aporia crataegi, the black-veined white, is a large butterfly of the family Pieridae. A. crataegi is widespread and common. Its range extends from northwest Africa in the west to Transcaucasia and across the Palearctic to Siberia and Japan in the east. In the south, it is found in Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon and Syria. It is not present in the British Isles and northern Scandinavia. \nDescription:\nThe black-veined white has a wingspan of 51 to 70 mm. Females are commonly larger than males. The upperside of both forewings and hindwings is a translucent white boldly veined with black. The underside is similar in the male but the female has brown veining. Moreover, the female loses most of her scales by rubbing her wings together, resulting almost-transparent.\nBiology:\nThe flight period of the black-veined white is between April and July. The adults are quite social and their abundance varies greatly from year to year. The eggs are laid on the food plant, usually a member of the rose family Rosaceae and often on trees and bushes.\nThe eggs are laid in groups of 30 to 100. They take about three weeks to hatch. The caterpillars tend to remain in a group with a communal larval web. This species has one generation each year. The caterpillars overwinter communally in a webbing tent with entwined leaves. Caterpillars feed close together on the leaves of the food plant at first, before dispersing in the later developmental stages to other parts of the tree. \nThe pupal stage lasts about three weeks.\n\nDistribution and habitat:\nIt occurs in open forest, grazing land, orchards. lanes, gardens, meadows and thickets throughout most of Europe. This species is extinct in the British Isles (source Wikipedia). \n\nThis Picture is made during a long weekend in the Eifel (Germany) in June 2019.$

The Apollo or mountain Apollo (Parnassius apollo)

Parnassius apollo or mountain Apollo (family Papilionidae), a butterfly, 50 years old specimen from butterfly collection, collected from Crimea, Ukraine.

Close shot of an Apollo or mountain Apollo (Parnassius apollo) butterfly resting on a field scabious.

white butterfly with black lines. In the spring, it wanders among the plants and lands on daisies. Taken in daylight with a full frame camera.

white butterfly in the grass, Clouded Apollo, Parnassius mnemosyne

$The Marbled White is a distinctive and attractive black and white butterfly, unlikely to be mistaken for any other species. In July it flies in areas of unimproved grassland and can occur in large numbers on southern downland. It shows a marked preference for purple flowers such as Wild Marjoram, Field Scabious, thistles, and knapweeds. Adults may be found roosting halfway down tall grass stems. \nFound in flowery grassland but may stray into gardens. This species is widespread in southern Britain and has expanded northwards and eastwards over the last twenty years, despite some losses within its range, with outlying populations in Yorkshire and SW Wale$

The Apollo (Parnassious apollo), a protected European butterfly

Butterfly spreading wings and looking at camera - animal behavior.

Close-up of Moth against vibrant turquoise background

Apollo butterfly perched with open wings

white-coloured, red-black-spotted mountain butterfly that wanders at high altitudes, Parnassius apollo

Side view macro close-up of a single black-veined white butterfly (Aporia crataegi) hanging on a bright purple flower

Common brown butterfly feeding on a wild flower

isolated of Parnassius apollo butterfly on the white background

An image of a Backlit Large White Butterfly whilst resting on a thistle seed head

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