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Polygonia c-aureum , Linnaeus, A butterfly is gathering honey

orange butterfly on a purple flower on a blurred background

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

Aphrodite fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite)

$Vanessa cardui is a very common migrant that arrives from Africa every summer. Numbers fluctuate annually, depending on the reproduction in Africa.\nThe species is most likely to be seen in open areas were the vegetation has a mosaic structure, such as waste land, fallow ground and pasture land.\nit uses various species of Carduus, Arctium and Cirsium both as larval food plant and as a source of nectar.\n\nThis is a common Migration Butterfly in the Netherlands.$

Macro photo of a butterfly of the species HIpparchia statilinus, also called tree grayling, of the nimphalidae family.

Lepidoptera insects in the wild, North China

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.

Great spangled fritillary, fluttering over summer wildflowers (joe-pye weed) as it feeds, with the focus on the eyes and head. Note the proboscis inside the flower. The butterfly's striking pattern inspires its name. The Latin word fritillus means chessboard or dice box.

An image of a Comma Butterfly nectaring on a thistle head

Tortoiseshell butterfly on chive flowers,

A small plant just blooming on the woodland floor.

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

Flowering milk thistle and butterfly hives on a flower

Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus)

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

Orange and black butterfly on a pink flower.

$Ochlodes sylvanus is a common resident in the Netherlands. Its distribution hardly changed during the 20th century, although during 1990 there is a steep decline, and is therefore classified as susceptible on the Red List of 2006.\nHabitat: The Large skipper occurs in all sorts of rough, grassy, preferably damp places with some form of shelter.\nFeeding Plants: Various species of broad-leaved grasses serve as larval Food Plant.\nFlying Season: The species flies in one generation from mid-June until the beginning of August, and hibernates as a half-grown caterpillar.\n\nThis is a common Species in the described Habitats.$

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