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$Vanessa cardui - Painted lady butterfly - Distelfalter\nBeautiful butterfly on a thistle flower. Europe.$

Silver-washed fritillary butterfly (Argynnis paphia) sitting on a purple thorny thistle flower. Wings in deep orange color with black spots on the upperside. Closeup with blurred background.

Black Swallowtail feeding on purple Milk Thistle flower, two bees hooving in the background

Beautiful close-up of a silver-washed fritillary butterfly sitting on a flower.

Flowering milk thistle and butterfly hives on a flower

Close up of the brown argus butterfly, Aricia agestis, pollinating in a flowers field. Top view, open wings

animal insect sitting on a plant on a spring day

Butterfly on pink thistle. Nature background.

Meadow Brown butterfly, Maniola jurtina, perched on a flower collecting nectar, surrounded by lush greenery.

Silybum marianum or milk thistle, blessed milkthistle, Marian thistle, Mary thistle, Saint Marys thistle, Mediterranean milk thistle, Scotch thistle, medicine and pharmaceutical use, butterfly.

Colorful butterflies flying over summer meadow.Spring nature blurry background.Beautiful butterflies sit on flowers

Ochlodes sylvanus Large Skipper Butterfly Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

Small lonely butterfly sitting on the bloom sharp flower. Animals and insects in the wild

Butterfly (Argynnis) on Globe Thistle captured during summer season.

Beautiful orange butterfly feeding on the thistle flower. Summer scenery in meadow near forest in Latvia, Northern Europe.

A Butterfly in an English country garden.

Close-up photo of an orange butterfly with black spots perched on purple wildflowers in a green setting.

$The silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia) is a common and variable butterfly found over much of the Palearctic realm – Algeria, Europe, temperate Asia, and Japan.\nDescription:\nThe silver-washed fritillary butterfly is deep orange with black spots on the upperside of its wings, and has a wingspan of 54–70 mm, with the male being smaller and paler than the female. The underside is green, and, unlike other fritillaries, has silver streaks instead of silver spots, hence the name silver-washed. The caterpillar is black brown with two yellow lines along its back and long reddish-brown spines. \nThe male possesses scent scales on the upperside of the forewing that run along veins one to four. The scent produced from these scales attracts females and helps to distinguish it from other species. \nFood resouces:\nAdults feed on the nectar of bramble, thistles, and knapweeds, and also on aphid honeydew. The silver-washed is a strong flier, and more mobile than other fritillaries, and, as such, can be seen gliding above the tree canopy at high speed. Its preferred habitat is thin, sunny, deciduous woodland, especially oaks, but it has been known to live in coniferous woodland. \nThe main larval food plant of the species is the common dog violet (Viola riviniana).\nLife Cycle:\nWhen the egg hatches in August, the caterpillar immediately goes into hibernation until spring. Upon awakening, it will drop to the ground, and feeds on violets close to the base of the tree. The caterpillar usually feeds at night, and usually conceals itself during the day away from its food source, but during cool weather will bask in the sunny spots on the forest floor on dry, dead leaves. It will pupate amongst the ground vegetation, and the adults will emerge in June (source Wikipedia). \n\nThe Picture is made along a small River in the Eifel (Germany) in halfway August 2021.$

An image of a Comma Butterfly nectaring on a thistle head

Argynnis paphia - Silver-washed Fritillary butterfly on a thistle flower

A close-up of a fritillary perched on a flower

Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus)

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