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Garden tiger moth or great tiger moth (Arctia caja) is a moth of the family Erebidae.
Papilio Demoleus
brown butterfly with beautiful yellow stripes. isolated on white background
The scarlet tiger moth (Callimorpha dominula, formerly Panaxia dominula) is a colorful moth belonging to the tiger moth subfamily, Arctiinae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. \nDescription:\nCallimorpha dominula has a wingspan of 45–55 millimeters. Adults of this species are quite variable in color. The forewings usually have a metallic-green sheen on the blackish areas, with white and yellow or orange markings. Hindwings are red with three large and irregular black markings. These moths may also occur in rare color forms, one with yellow hindwings and body and one with extended black on hindwings. The thorax is black glossed with green and shows two longitudinal short yellow stripes. The abdomen is black. The scarlet tiger moth has developed mouthparts, that allow it to feed on nectar. The caterpillars can reach a length of about 40 millimeters . They are dark gray with yellow stripes and small white dots.\nBiology:\nThe imagines are active during the day in May and June. This species has a single generation. The caterpillars are polyphagous. They mainly feed on comfrey (Symphytum officinale), but also on a number of other plants (Urtica, Cynoglossum, Fragaria, Fraxinus, Geranium, Lamium, Lonicera, Myosotis, Populus, Prunus, Ranunculus, Rubus, Salix and Ulmus species). \nDistribution and habitat:\nThis species is present in most of Europe and in the Near East (Turkey, South Caucasus and northern Iran). These moths prefer damp areas (wet meadows, river banks, fens and marshes), but they also can be found on rocky cliffs close to the sea (source Wikipedia).\n\nThis Picture is made during a Long Weekend in the South of Belgium in June 2019.
view of both sides Nymphalidae Damora Sagana butterfly isolated on white background, wildlife collection
Aricia montensis
butterfly on the flower
Side view macro close-up of a single tiger longwing butterfly (Heliconius hecale) sitting on a pink flower
Close up common butterfly on flowers with nature background
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.
Butterfly Poplar Admiral (Limenitis populi) close up, isolated on white background. large butterfly with dark brown wings, white spots and red and blue edging - rare endangered species, need in protection
Battus philenor, the pipevine swallowtail or blue swallowtail, is a swallowtail butterfly found in North America and Central America. This butterfly is black with iridescent-blue hindwings. Sonoran Desert near Tucson, Arizona.
Butterfly Silver-washed Fritillary. Female. Argynnis paphia.
Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) feeding on Wild Bergamot on a mid-summer afternoon at Clarence Schock Memorial Park in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
Melitaea athalia on the flower
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) feeding on a flower
Image of common indian crow(Euploea core layardi) isolated on white background. Insect. Animals.
Bracketed image - 48 shots - of a butterfly on a bare wall.
a scalloped red butterfly, Zerynthia polyxena
Doris long wing (Heliconius doris) butterfly in Costa Rica.
Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) butterfly perched on a twig all on a white background
Silver-washed fritillary butterfly, isolated on a white background
butterfly on the flower in spring
Beautiful butterfly is on multi colored flower in nature.
The large, seldom-seen Poplar Admiral, one of the biggest butterflies in Europe landed in my backyard in Uppland, Sweden
Closeup of a Gulf Fritillary butterfly feeding on red tubular flowers in a Florida garden
A Bordered Patch butterfly perched on a flower head and covered in dew at the National Butterfly Center.
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.
Butterfly - Insect, Insect, Monarch Butterfly, Flying, Lepidoptera
Peacock butterfly on a leaf in Gosforth Park Nature Reserve.
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