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Beautiful Silver-washed fritillary [Argynnis paphia] butterfly on a flower in summer

Painted Lady butterfly in a garden at Agartala, Tripura, India, Asia. Tripura is one of the states of India, and Agartala is its capital

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

$The photo shows orange/yellow cosmos flowers and a butterfly called Argyreus hyperbius / Indian fritillary.\nNative to Mexico, cosmos sulphureus which is commonly called yellow cosmos is now grown all over including North America, Asia and Europe. This annual plant produces daisy-like flowers with flower colors ranging from yellow to orange to scarlet red. Orange cosmos normally blooms in summer and early autumn in Japan with butterflies circling around the flowers.$

macro shot of blue butterfly with soft green yellow background

Lepidoptera insects in the wild, North China

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.

Closeup of a Gulf Fritillary butterfly feeding on red tubular flowers in a Florida garden

Checkerboard Butterfly (Melanargia galathea) sits on ball flower, Upper Austria, Austria, Europe

Small copper butterfly on Oregano flower.

Meadow fritillary (Melitaea parthenoides) butterfly resting on flower with bright green background

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

Painted lady butterfly feeding on sunlit yellow flower in late summer/early fall. One of the most widespread butterflies in the world. Taken in Connecticut in September, this photo shows the beautiful underwing.

Edwards' Hairstreak (Satyrium edwardsii) nectaring on butterfly weed - Pinery Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada

Blue butterfly on stonecrop, Summer in the Eifel,Germnay.

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 butterfly pollinates an orange ball tree flower (Latin: Buddleja globosa).

Butterfly Marsh Fritillary. Euphydryas aurinia.

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

Pearl crescent (Phyciodes tharos) on black-eyed Susan 2, summer. A North American butterfly. Second in a series, with copy space.

Butterfly Nymphalidae Melitaea cinxia perched on a flower branch.

$Issoria lathonia is a scarce resident in the Netherlands. it has both temporary and permanent populations; permanent populations are practically limited to the Coastal Dunes, where it is still common.\nHabitat: It occurs on warm open, dry, grasslands; open patches. Temporary populations are nowadays only found inland, on cornfields that have been left fallow.\nFlight Season: It flies in three generations from mid-April until the beginning of October and hibernates successfully only as a young caterpillar.\nAt present, the species is categorised as vulnerable on the Red List.\n\nThis Picture is made in the Eastern Part of the Netherlands (Overijssel) in August 2023.$

Detailed close up of a Heat Fritillary butterfly sitting on a white flower with wings spread

A beautiful yellow-orange butterfly clings to a flower to feed on pollen this morning in the garden.

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