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Close up of Painted Lady - Vanessa cardui
A blue Lycaenidae butterfly in close-up on a wildflower. Polyommatus icarus is a beautiful blue-colored pigeon. A butterfly sits on a blurred green background of grass. Macro photography of wildlife
Garden tiger moth or great tiger moth (Arctia caja) is a moth of the family Erebidae.
Close up of a beautiful butterfly
Painted lady butterfly, vanessa cardui on flower green background
Aricia montensis
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 burdock on a yellow flower (Vanessa cardui, Nymphalidae). Butterfly painted lady. Spring and summer background. Banner
butterflies in wildlife and what we see through the lens
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
Sipping nectar, a colorful painted lady butterfly enjoys the yellow flowers of the alpine goldenrod on the side of Mount Evans, Colorado near 10,000 feet in elevation.
Early in the morning, dew-covered butterflies wait for the sun to come out and dry them to fly.
a butterfly feeds on nectar in the Annapurna region of Nepal
Southern White Admiral butterflies (Limenitis reducta) viewed on top
The Speckled Wood occurs in woodland, gardens and hedgerows. Butterflies often perch in sunny spots, spiralling into the air to chase each other.
The Queen of Spain fritillary (Issoria lathonia) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
Pearl crescent (Phyciodes tharos) on black-eyed Susan 2, summer. A North American butterfly. Second in a series, with copy space.
Melitaea Didyma on the plant
Butterfly Marsh Fritillary. Euphydryas aurinia.
(Vanessa cardui) The Painted Lady butterfly is also known as the Thistle butterfly, Painted Beauty, and Cosmopolitan Butterfly.  Preferred host plants are thistles, mallows, lupines and potato blooms.  adults feed on the nectar of Canada thistle, chokecherry, mints, dandelions and asters.
Painted Lady Butterfly sitting on lilac Vervain
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 Small Copper with open wings nectaring on flower head
The painted lady Vanessa cardui , meadow
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.
A Baltimore Checkerspot butterfly perched on a plant in the summer in Wisconsin.
Vanessa cardui is a very common migrant that arrives from Africa every summer. Numbers fluctuate annually, depending on the reproduction in Africa.\nThe species is most likely to be seen in open areas were the vegetation has a mosaic structure, such as waste land, fallow ground and pasture land.\nit uses various species of Carduus, Arctium and Cirsium both as larval food plant and as a source of nectar.\n\nThis is a common Migration Butterfly in the Netherlands.
White letter hairstreak
Butterfly in the field in summer
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