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Small yellow black butterfly feeding on a wild yellow flower, macro shot

$Boloria selene is a rare resident in the Netherlands. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was widespread, but its distribution has fallen drastically since then. At present, the only large populations are in the Nature Reserves in the north of the Netherlands in the province Overijssel.\nThe species is categorised as endangered on the Red List.\nHabitat: This Fritillary is a species of wet to damp, nutrient-poor grasslands. It occurs mostly on blanket bogs where the larval food plant Viola palustris is growing abundantly. \nFlying Season: It flies in two generations from mid-May until mid-August and hibernates as a half-grown caterpillar.\n\nThis nice Species is quite scarce, except in the described Habitats.\nThis Picture is made along a cycling Path, were some weeds are sown, were the Species where feeding on.$

Closeup of a knapweed fritillary, Melitaea phoebe, butterfly resting and pollinating in bright sunlight.

small pearl bordered fritillary close up

Orange butterfly sitting on a bent leaf of grass growing on a summer meadow, beautiful green bokeh

Butterfly Marsh Fritillary. Euphydryas aurinia.

Outdoor non-urban scene reperenting an insect pollinating a flower in a garden

Butterflies on wildflowers in summer, Dolomites

Close-up image of a White Peacock Butterfly

A closeup shot of a marsh fritillary butterfly perched on a flower on a blurred background

Two Heath fritillary butterflies (Melitaea athalia) on the purple flower.

A beautiful aphrodite butterfly is drinking nectar from the blossoms of a butterfly bush.

Little butterfly standing on a dandelion flower

Heath fritillary (Melitaea athalia) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

A close-up of a fritillary perched on a flower

spotted fritillary or red-band fritillary (Melitaea didyma)

Close-up of orange, white and brown False-heath Fritillary butterfly on a green plant. Melitaea diamina

Silver-bordered fritillary (Boloria selene) on waterhemp

$Melitaea didyma, the spotted fritillary or red-band fritillary, is a Palearctic butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.\nDescription:\nMelitaea didyma is a medium-sized butterfly with a wingspan reaching 35–50 millimeters The overside of the wings is a bright orange-brown with dark brown markings arranged in rows, which are quite variable in quantity and size. Sometimes the color of the females is a duller orange, shaded with grey-green. The underside of the wings is chequered pale yellow and pale orange. M. didyma has seasonal forms and sexual dimorphism. The male is fiery red, with a narrow dentate black distal border and a moderate number of small black dots and spots, which are dispersed over the basal half of the wing and end with a short band extending beyond the cell from the costa into the disc. On the underside, which is very abundantly marked with small black dots and hooks, a flexuous sub basal band and a curved submarginal one are situated on a delicately greenish, or yellowish, white ground. In the female the forewing and the anal area of the hindwing are much paler, being moreover dusted with blackish, while the costal half of the hindwing has preserved the red tint : the whole wings are much more abundantly but less prominently marked with black. There occur sometimes specimens with a blue gloss on the upper side. \nBiology:\nThis butterfly flies from March to October depending on the location. This species has two or three generations and overwinters as young caterpillar. \nThe larvae feed on various plants, including Linaria, Plantago lanceolata, Veronica, Centaurea jacea and Digitalis purpurea. \nDistribution:\nIt is found in southern and central Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, central Asia and Siberia. It is absent from northern Europe (England, Ireland, northern France, Germany, Poland and Scandinavia). \nHabitat:\nMelitaea didyma prefers flowery and grassy areas, meadows and roadsides (source Wikipedia).$

Melitaea athalia - heath fritillary, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.

Macro image of a butterfly feeding on a wild plant.

Orange Butterfly (Cranberry fritillary) on purple flower in green meadow

$Zinnia is a genus of about 20 species of annual plants of daisy family. Zinnia has a bright, solitary, daisy-like flower-head on a single, erect stem and bloom in a wide variety of colors with large, mixed flowers.\nThe butterfly in the photo is called Indian fritillary butterfly.$

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