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A great Spangled Fritillary feeds on butterfly weed.
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 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
A Lorquin's Admiral Butterfly gathers nectar from a bloom in Colusa County, California
A butterfly is sitting on a yellow flower. The butterfly is brown and orange
Bracketed image - 48 shots - of a butterfly on a bare wall.
Beautiful yellow swallowtail butterfly . Common yellow swallowtail ( papilio machaon).
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.
Rush veneer
Closeup of a Gulf Fritillary butterfly feeding on red tubular flowers in a Florida garden
Early in the morning, dew-covered butterflies wait for the sun to come out and dry them to fly.
Close-up of a beautiful buttery on a leaf.
This beautiful butterfly, a Gulf Fritillary, was photographed on Ironweed in the Presson-Oglesby Prairie of Arkansas.
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.
Closeup of a great spangled fritillary butterfly, Speyeria cybele, foraging on a spotted knapweed flower on Mt. Sunapee, in Sunapee State Park, Newbury, New Hampshire.
Great spangled fritillary, fluttering over summer wildflowers (joe-pye weed) as it feeds, with the focus on the eyes and head. The butterfly's striking pattern inspires its name. The Latin word fritillus means chessboard or dice box.
The Marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia)
Butterfly spreading wings drinking flower juice - animal behavior.
Kleiner Fuchs Aglais urticae Schmetterling am Schmetterlingsflieder im Hausgarten
macro shot of blue butterfly with soft green yellow background
A monarch butterfly resting on a leaf with sunrays
American Lady Butterfly On White Flowers
An admiral butterfly sits on a blooming elderberry, close-up
Side view macro close-up of a single tiger longwing butterfly (Heliconius hecale) sitting on a pink flower
Butterflies - Great Spangled Fritillary Backlit
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.
Fort Lauderdale, FL - JULY 28, 2015: A White Peacock Butterfly perches on a green leaf.
Artistic photo of an imperfect eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly (male) on joe-pye weed, with motion blur smoothing his damaged wings, and blurred flowers in the foreground. Despite his condition, he flies, feeds, and inspires. Second in a series of three. Taken in Connecticut, midsummer.
Pearly Crescentspot (Phyciodes tharos) on Ox-eye Daisy - Ontario, Canada
Butterfly in the field in summer
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