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Lepidoptera insect on wild plants, North China

A forest-dwelling Common Posy resting on a stalk. It often observed with its tails in motion to serve as a decoy to fool predators into mistaking the tails for its antennae.Taken in Singapore.http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/2382/lycaenidae/ravindra.htm

Papilio machaon britannicus - Swallowtail butterfly on Sweet William flowers at RSPB Strumpshaw Fen in the Norfolk Broads xStrumpshaw, June 2023

view of both sides Nymphalidae Damora Sagana butterfly isolated on white background, wildlife collection

Bracketed image - 48 shots - of a butterfly on a bare wall.

Butterfly burdock on a yellow flower (Vanessa cardui, Nymphalidae). Butterfly painted lady. Spring and summer background. Banner

Meadow Brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina)

This is a picture taken Kumamoto, Japan.

A beautiful skipper butterfly, Two-barred flasher, in the jungle of Guatemala.

Beautiful painted lady (Vanessa cardui) pollinating at bright valerian flowers

Painted lady on butterfly bush in a Connecticut state forest, late summer. One of the most widely distributed butterflies in the world.

Giant swallowtail butterfly in Southern Indiana

Polites peckius, the Peck's skipper, is a North American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae, subfamily Hesperiinae.

Set - three beautiful yellow butterflies Gonepteryx isolated on white background. Butterfly with spread wings and in flight.

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

Vanessa tameamea AKA Kamehameha butterfly

Mimathyma schrenckii both forewing and hindwing view, beautiful butterfly collection isolated on white background

macro shot of blue butterfly with soft green yellow background

Beautiful high resolution closeup of the Hyles euphorbiae moth on a white background.

Butterfly Silver-washed Fritillary. Female. Argynnis paphia.

The brown butterfly clearly showing the distinctive pattern on the underside of its wing.

Araschnia levana Map Butterfly Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

Great spangled fritillary seeming to smile as its proboscis goes into a flower of joe-pye weed. Sharply focused on the eyes and head. The butterfly's striking pattern inspires its name. The Latin word fritillus means chessboard or dice box. The spangles are the silvery white spots on the underwings.

butterfly foraging on a privetbutterfly foraging on a privet

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

Red Admiral Butterfly on a white background

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