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Clouded Apollo butterfly sitting on a blade of grass close-up

The Marbled White is a distinctive and attractive black and white butterfly, unlikely to be mistaken for any other species.

tiny butterfly on dry grass, Small Blue, Cupido minimus

Colorful butterfly swing on leaf. Black and white photo

Clouded Apollo (Parnassius mnemosyne) rare white butterfly resting in a meadow, czech republic

Macro image of a Julia Longwing Butterfly

A close up of the butterfly (Limenitis populi ussuriensis) on moss.

Beautiful butterfly Marbled White resting on a plant.

$The Marbled White is a distinctive and attractive black and white butterfly, unlikely to be mistaken for any other species. In July it flies in areas of unimproved grassland and can occur in large numbers on southern downland. It shows a marked preference for purple flowers such as Wild Marjoram, Field Scabious, thistles, and knapweeds. Adults may be found roosting halfway down tall grass stems. \nFound in flowery grassland but may stray into gardens. This species is widespread in southern Britain and has expanded northwards and eastwards over the last twenty years, despite some losses within its range, with outlying populations in Yorkshire and SW Wale$

Butterfly - Insect, Insect, Monarch Butterfly, Flying, Lepidoptera

green butterfly feeding on purple flower, Pfeiffer-s Green Hairstreak, Callophrys paulae

$Aporia crataegi, the black-veined white, is a large butterfly of the family Pieridae. A. crataegi is widespread and common. Its range extends from northwest Africa in the west to Transcaucasia and across the Palearctic to Siberia and Japan in the east. In the south, it is found in Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon and Syria. It is not present in the British Isles and northern Scandinavia. \nDescription:\nThe black-veined white has a wingspan of 51 to 70 mm. Females are commonly larger than males. The upperside of both forewings and hindwings is a translucent white boldly veined with black. The underside is similar in the male but the female has brown veining. Moreover, the female loses most of her scales by rubbing her wings together, resulting almost-transparent.\nBiology:\nThe flight period of the black-veined white is between April and July. The adults are quite social and their abundance varies greatly from year to year. The eggs are laid on the food plant, usually a member of the rose family Rosaceae and often on trees and bushes.\nThe eggs are laid in groups of 30 to 100. They take about three weeks to hatch. The caterpillars tend to remain in a group with a communal larval web. This species has one generation each year. The caterpillars overwinter communally in a webbing tent with entwined leaves. Caterpillars feed close together on the leaves of the food plant at first, before dispersing in the later developmental stages to other parts of the tree. \nThe pupal stage lasts about three weeks.\n\nDistribution and habitat:\nIt occurs in open forest, grazing land, orchards. lanes, gardens, meadows and thickets throughout most of Europe. This species is extinct in the British Isles (source Wikipedia). \n\nThis Picture is made during a long weekend in the Eifel (Germany) in June 2019.$

Brown and white butterfly standing in a grass leaf. Close up of the insect on a spring day during the sunset.

A Marbled white butterfly. Settled on a Wild flower head with wings wide open. There is lots of copy space on this image

Butterfly with blurred natural background.

Black swallowtail butterfly is well-known for its adaptability and wide distribution.

by Thorsten Spoerlein (www.thorstenspoerlein.com)

butterfly, insect, macro, flying, flower, springtime

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