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Boloria selene is a rare resident in the Netherlands. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was widespread, but its distribution has fallen drastically since then. At present, the only large populations are in the Nature Reserves in the north of the Netherlands in the province Overijssel.\nThe species is categorised as endangered on the Red List.\nHabitat: This Fritillary is a species of wet to damp, nutrient-poor grasslands. It occurs mostly on blanket bogs where the larval food plant Viola palustris is growing abundantly. \nFlying Season: It flies in two generations from mid-May until mid-August and hibernates as a half-grown caterpillar.\n\nThis nice Species is quite scarce, except in the described Habitats.
Closeup of a knapweed fritillary, Melitaea phoebe, butterfly resting and pollinating in bright sunlight.
green background and red butterfly, Pearl-bordered Fritillar, Boloria euphrosyne
Meadow Fritillary Butterfly
Close-up of orange, white and brown False-heath Fritillary butterfly on a green plant. Melitaea diamina
Butterfly Lesser Marbled Fritillary. Brenthis ino.
A butterfly melitaea didyma on a daucus carota flower in Summer at sunset
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Euphydryas aurinia on its host plant (Meadow succisa (Succisa pratensis))
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.
Beautiful close-up of a silver-washed fritillary butterfly sitting on a flower.
Queen of Spain Fritillary (Latin: Issoria lathonia) Butterfly in Termessos National Park
A Silver-bordered Fritillary perched on the leaf of a plant.
Boloria euphrosyne Pearl-Bordered Fritillary Butterfly Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.
Butterfly in the grass
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High brown fritillary butterfly on a meadow
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.
big red butterfly clinging to grass, Dark Green Fritillary, Argynnis aglaja
Lycaena virgaureae - The scarce copper, orange butterfly.
Captured in Nature Reserve called Murnauer Moos, Germany
Turkestan Iparhan on green coloured leaf. Melitaea arduinna.
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macro of ear and butterfly on it
Issoria lathonia is a scarce resident in the Netherlands. it has both temporary and permanent populations; permanent populations are practically limited to the Coastal Dunes, where it is still common.\nHabitat: It occurs on warm open, dry, grasslands; open patches. Temporary populations are nowadays only found inland, on cornfields that have been left fallow.\nFlight Season: It flies in three generations from mid-April until the beginning of October and hibernates successfully only as a young caterpillar.\nAt present, the species is categorised as vulnerable on the Red List.\n\nThis Picture is made in the Sand Dune Coast in North Holland (the Netherlands) in Summer of 2024.
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Orange Butterfly (Cranberry fritillary) on purple flower in green meadow
Nymphalidae Boloria dia perched on a flower branch in its natural environment.
Silver-washed Fritillary - (Latin: Argynnis paphia) in Termessos National Park
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