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Butterfly species Melitaea athalia, trivial name: Heath fritillary.

Euphydryas aurinia beckeri - butterfly on a flower with open wings, southern Ukraine

The Variable Checkerspot or Chalcedon Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona) is a species of butterfly, common in western North America from Alaska to Baja California and from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. Yosemite National Park, California. Nymphalidae.

Colorful butterfly wing, close-up against white background

Close-up of a bright butterfly on a wildflower. A butterfly sits on a white wildflower

spotted fritillary or red-band fritillary (Melitaea didyma)

Glanville Fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia) isolated on white

An Arctic Skipper butterfly takes a break on a leaf in the Canadian boreal forest.

Marsh Fritillary, Euphydryas aurinia sitting on leaf, macro photo

Marsh Fritillary butterfly, Euphydryas aurinia, basking with wings open on a leaf

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

Butterfly, Sierra de Guadarrama National Park, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain, Europe

Silver-washed Fritillary - (Latin: Argynnis paphia) in Termessos National Park

$Lantana camara, commonly called lantana or shrub verbena, also known as big-sage, red-sage, white-sage and tick berry, is a species of flowering plant, which is native to Central and South America and has spread to the world. It bears small tubular shaped flowers, which each have four petals forming clusters. The blooming time is from early summer to autumn in temperate areas. Flowers come in many different colors, including red, yellow, white, pink, orange and purple.\nThe butterfly in the photo is Argyreus hyperbius, which is also called Indian fritillary.$

The Glanville fritillary (Melitaea cinxia), a brown butterfly collects nectar on white flowers, southern Ukraine

Araschnia levana Map Butterfly Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

Butterfly Silver-washed Fritillary. Female. Argynnis paphia.

A macro shot of the orange Knapweed Fritillary butterfly

Little butterfly standing on a dandelion flower

Euptoieta claudia, the variegated fritillary, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

Scarce Fritillary, Euphydryas maturna, on fern, endangered in Sweden and protected

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

The Marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia)

A vibrant Mormon fritillary butterfly rests atop yellow flowers, feeding on nectar, with its orange wings contrasting beautifully against the greens and yellows of the Colorado Rocky Mountain landscape.

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