Diverse Butterflies in Nature

Beautiful butterflies in various colors and patterns, resting on vibrant flowers or leaves, highlighting their delicate features in natural settings.

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Cinquefoil Skipper (Pyrgus cirsii) butterfly, Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria

Titania's Fritillary (Boloria titania) butterfly, Alps, Switzerland

Little brown butterfly with black spots on a yellow flower

butterfly common blue butterfly

Marbled white (Melanargia galathea) on Field scabious (Knautia arvensis), Hesse, Germany, Europe

Marbled White (Melanargia galathea) basking on a thistle stalk, Altenseelbach, Neunkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Ocellate Bog Fritillary (Boloria eunomia) on Common Bistort (Polygonum bistorta) flower, Germany

Green-underside Blue (Glaucopsyche alexis) adult, resting on Green-winged Orchid (Orchis morio) flowers, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy

Marbled White (Melanargia galathea) pair mating on Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis), Lincolnshire, England

Scarce Fritillary (Hypodryas maturna) butterfly on flower, Hessen, Germany

Underside of the wing of a Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)

Small copper, Lycaena phlaeas, small copper

Safflower Skipper (Pyrgus carthami) adult, roosting on grass flowerhed at sunset, Causse de Gramat, Massif Central, Lot Region, France, May

Titania Purple Fritillary, Boloria titiana, Rocky Mountain Trench, BC, Canada

Lilagold fire butterfly male butterfly with half-opened wings sitting on grass panicle left looking

Cabbage butterfly (Pieris brassicae) in departure from butterfly-bush (Buddleja davidii), Hesse, Germany, Europe

Pale meadow blue (Phengaris teleius), great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis), butterfly laying eggs, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Apollo on blossom, Parnassius apollo

Sooty Copper (Lycaena tityrus) adult male, underside, feeding on Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) flower, in alpine meadow, Italy, Europe

Adonis Blue (Polyommatus bellargus, Lysandra bellargus) on a Wild Marjoram or Oregano plant (Origanum vulgare), feeding on nectar, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

Black Hairstreak Butterfly - on Hawthorn (Strymondia w-album)

A yellow -wuer -fleed stubborn carterocephalus palaemon in resting a yellow -wuerfelig thick headkin rests in the green growth on a forest path copyright: xzoonar.com/rosemariexkapplerx 21705579

Mangrove Buckeye (Junonia genoveva), George Town, Grand Cayman- George Town, Cayman Islands

Wall Fox, Wall Foxes, wall browns (Lasiommata megera), Other animals, Insects, Butterflies, Animals, Wall Brown adult, underside, feeding on England

Small fire butterfly on forget-me-not

Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus), Brown woodland birds, Other animals, Insects, Butterflies, Animals, Ringlet adult pair, mating, Berwickshire, Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

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Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) adult female, resting on grass seedhead, Canvey Wick, Canvey Island, Thames Estuary, Essex, England, August

Marbled Fritillary (Brenthis daphne) butterfly on thistle, Alps, Switzerland

Niobe Fritillary (Argynnis niobe) butterfly, Salvan, Switzerland

Purple emperor butterfly (Apatura iris) male on English Oak (Quercus robur) leaf basking with wings open, UK, Captive.

Butterfly on a flower, blurred background.

Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia) butterfly, Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria

Close up shot of butterfly on a flower. Butterfly on a flower

Eastern eastern orange tip (Anthocharis damone), adult male, basking in the morning sun on grass, Etna, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) butterfly

Red admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) perched on a pink flower

Checkerspot butterfly (Melanargia galathea), Bad Münstereifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Ocellate Bog Fritillary (Boloria eunomia) butterfly on Meadow Bistort (Persicaria bistorta), Gaume, Lorraine, Belgium

Washington State, Seattle. Butterfly, Question Mark, resting on leaf

Sooty Copper (Lycaena tityrus) adult, resting on seedhead, Bulgaria, July

Ringlet butterfly Aphantopus hyperantus} resting on yellow rattle flowers, Denmark Farm, Lampeter, Wales, UK. June

Nickerl's fritillary (Mellicta aurelia)

Niobe Fritillary (Argynnis niobe) adult male, feeding on Knapweed (Centaurea sp.) flower, Formazza Valley, Italian Alps, Piedmont, Northern Italy

Plantain Fritillary, Other animals, Insects, Butterflies, Animals, Glanville Fritillary (Melitaea cinxia) adult, resting on flower, Provence, France, Europe

Himmelblauer Bläuling Adonis blue Copyright: xZoonar.com/HendrikxFuchsx 5996680

Ocellate Bog Fritillary (Boloria eunomia) butterfly, Eifel, Germany

Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) butterfly, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Plantain Fritillary, Other animals, Insects, Butterflies, Animals, Glanville Fritillary (Melitaea cinxia) adult, resting on flower, Provence, France, Europe

Brown woodland bird on the dost

Spanish gatekeeper (Pyronia bathseba) on a scabiosa in flower, in the Passe-Temps valley, in the heart of the Garlaban massif, in Allauch in late spring. Provence, France

Butterfly, Emperor Moth on a spear thistle, Bavaria, Germany

Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea didyma) adult, resting on flowerhead, Melnik, Pirin Mountains, Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria, July

Apollo butterfly, Parnassius apollo, mountain Apollo

Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus) adult, feeding on flower, Picos de Europa, Cantabrian Mountains, Spain, September

Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus) butterfly on Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

USA, Arizona, Desert Botanic Garden. White peacock butterfly.

Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia) butterfly on heather, Morecambe Bay, Cumbria, England

Twin-spot Fritillary (Brenthis hecate) butterfly, Bulgaria

Male Black Apollo, Rhoen, Bavaria, Germany (Parnassius mnemosyne hassicus)

Orange tip (Anthocharis cardamines), adult male and female resting on emerging flower of common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) with raindrops, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Knapweed Fritillary (Melitaea phoebe) butterfly on flower, Valais, Switzerland

Butterfly Kaisermantel sits on thistle, Argynnis paphia, Tiefental, Blaubeuren, Swabian Alb, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Poplar admiral (Limenitis populi) sitting on leaf, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Spanish flag, Euplagia quadripunctaria, Jersey tiger

Exotic wing color pattern of lime butterfly

Adult shepherd's fritillary (Boloria pales), feeding on the Black black vanilla orchid (Nigritella nigra), Italian Alps, Italy, Europe

Adonis Blue Butterfly female (Polyommatus) basking first generation May.

Aprodite Speyeria aphrodite resting on goldenrod plant, ontario, canada

Scabiosa Fritillary, Golden Fritillary, Abbiss Fritillary, Other Animals, Insects, Butterflies, Animals, Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) adult, resting on wild mustard Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus) adult female, resting on Common Heather (Calluna vulgaris) stem, Prees, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Mazarine Blue

Green's pierid (Pieridae), Other animals, Insects, Butterflies, Animals, Gruner's Orange-tip (Anthocharis gruneri) adult male, resting on hawkweed flower, Peloponesos, Southern Greece

Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia) adult, feeding on Macedonian Scabious (Knautia macedonica) flowers in garden, England, June

Common Blue Butterfly - on grass (Polyommatus icarus). Cornwall - UK.

Alpine Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus andromedae) adult female, resting on Alpine Coltsfoot (Homogyne alpina) flowerhead, Italian Alps, Piedmont, Northern Italy, July

Silver-washed Fritillary Butterfly - with wings opened wide, sunning itself (Argynnis paphia). Hessen, Germany.

Red Melitaea butterfly butterfly with open wings sitting on yellow flower from behind

tropischer Edelfalter, Junonia natalica Junonia natalica, Seitenansicht Natal Pansy, Brown pansy Junonia natalica, side view BLWS719485 *** tropical Noble butterfly, Junonia natalica Junonia natalica , Side view Natal Pansy, Brown Pansy Junonia natalica , Side View BLWS719485 Copyright: xblickwinkel/W.xWillnerx

Heath Fritillary (Melitaea athalia) butterfly pair mating, Col de Muse, France

Mazarine Blue (Polyommatus semiargus). Butterfly on a blade of grass. Slovak Republic

SMALL COPPER BUTTERFLY (Lycaena phlaeas)

Theona Checkerspot (Thessalia theona) butterfly feeding.

Southern dogface (Colias cesonia) butterfly feeding.

Common Silverline Butterfly Spindasis vulcanus vulcanus The Common Silverline is found in open natural vegetation and is exclusive to the Indian Subcontinent. It has brilliant silver lines enclosed in black bordered red band Common Silverline Butterfly Spindasis vulcanus vulcanus The Common Silverline is found in open natural vegetation and is exclusive to the Indian Subcontinent. It has brilliant silver lines enclosed in black bordered red band Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 22008971

Apollo Butterfly on log Pyrenees Spain

Schachbrettfalter Melanargia galathea Schachbrettfalter, Melanargia galathea, Western marbled white Copyright: xZoonar.com/GerdxHerrmannx 15877148

Brown Argus (Aricia agestis) perched on spike

Artogeia (Pieridae) napi, green-veined white (Pieris napi), Green-veined white butterfly, Other animals, Insects, Butterflies, Animals, Green-veined white two adults, resting on red valerian flower, Oxford

GATEKEEPER or HEDGE BROWN (Pyronia tithonus) Sussex, England

Marbled white (Melanargia galathea) on flower, Burgenland, Austria, Europe

Sainfoin rammer (Zygaena carniolica), on aborted flower, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Large ox-eye daisy on dost

Emperor Moth (Pavonia pavonia), Switzerland

Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus Clarus) on zinnia sp., Marion County, Illinois.

American Snout (Libytheana carinenta) nectars in wildflower garden. Boone County, Missouri, 17 September 2008.

butterfly red admiral butterfly

Pearl-bordered pearl-bordered fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne), adult, resting on the flower of the Elder elder-flowered orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina), Pyrenees, Ariege, France, Europe

Apollo Butterflies (Parnassius apollo), two butterflies mating on the dry seed heads of the Common Sorrel (Rumex acetosa), Swabian Alb biosphere reserve, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Checkerspot butterfly (Melanargia galathea) on gorse (Genista tinctoria), Bad Münstereifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Purple Emperor, Apatura iris, sitting on soil

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) butterfly with badly damaged wings

Chessboard

Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) butterfly on grass, St. Nazaire le Desert, France

Large White on a leave Centre France

Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus) adult, resting on flowerhead, captive bred

Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo) resting on thistle head. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps.

Silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia) on flower panicle of summer lilac or butterfly-bush (Buddleja davidii), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Heath Fritillary (Melitaea athalia), copulation, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Glanville Fritillary Butterfly (Melitaea cinxia). France.

Silver-studded blue (Plebejus argus), perching on cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix), moor, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

butterfly on a green leaf

Green Fritillary, Callophrys rubi), May, Lusatian Pond Landscape, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Sloe hairstreak (Satyrium acaciae) adult, feeding on the flower of purplish-blooded felberry (Lysimachia atropurpurea), Lesvos, Greece, Europe

A map butterfly is sitting on a grass-stock

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Meadow brown butterfly Maniola jurtina} on bract / stem, Belgium

Aurorafalter Anthocharis cardamines Aurorafalter, Anthocharis cardamines, Orange tip, Orange tip butterfly Copyright: xZoonar.com/GerdxHerrmannx 17083337

Eastern Festoon (Zerynthia cerisy) adult, roosting on flowerhead, Lesvos, Greece, Europe

Venata moth relaxing on lake rushes

Southern Festoon (Zerynthia polyxena) butterfly, France

Heath Fritillary (Mellicta athalia) adult, feeding on minerals from human finger, Kent, England, june

Checkerspot butterfly (Melanargia galathea) on Large Self-heal (Prunella grandiflora), Bad Münstereifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Dusky large blue (Glaucopsyche nausithous) on great meadow-blue (Sanguisorba officinalis), Hesse, Germany, Europe

Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)

Spotted butterfly perching on purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)

Green-veined white (Pieris napi) on red clover (Trifolium pratense), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Rose Butterfly on flower, North America

Apollo Butterfly (Parnassius apollo) adult, Ligurian Alps, Liguria, Italy, july

Closed-winged Great-banded Grayling (Brintesia circe) foraging on an alfalfa flower in spring, along a country lane near Hyères, Var, France

RED ADMIRAL BUTTERFLY VANESSA ATALANTA

Scarce Fritillary (Euphydryas maturna) adult female, resting on plantain leaf, Switzerland, june

butterfly on a green leaf in the sun

Apollo butterfly with open wings sitting on purple flower sucking looking from the front

Common Leopard butterfly (Phalanta phalantha) on a leaf

Black-eyed blue (Glaucopsyche melanops) butterfly, reverse side. Serra do Courel, Lugo, Galicia, Spain, Europe.

butterfly tree white insect flower

NA, USA, Florida, Cedar Key. Long-tailed skipper (Urbanus proteus) on a palm frond

black hairstreak satyrium pruni

Adonis blue put on a rod in the morning Finistère

Red-brown meadowbird Butterfly with closed wings sitting on brown fruit capsule seen right

Scarce Heath (Coenonympha hero) butterfly covered with dew drops, Germany

Hermit (Chazara briseis)placed on a flower, France

Silver-washed Fritillary Butterfly (Argynnis paphia) feeding from a thistle flower

small skipper butterfly thymelicus sylvestris estonia date: 10.10.2008 ref: zb860_122767_0014 compulsory credit: woodfall wild images/photoshot

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) butterfly, Wijdewormer, Netherlands

Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi) adult, roosting on Meadow Clary (Salvia pratensis) flower at dawn, Causse de Gramat, Massif Central, Lot, France, may

Common leopard butterfly phalanta phalantha India Copyright: xSafatxAli/DinodiaxPhotox

Green-underside Blue (Glaucopsyche alexis) adult, underside, resting on dew covered grass, Greece, april

Morocco Orange Tip (Anthocharis euphenoides) male on flower, Dents de Rez, Ardeche, France

Apollo butterfly with open wings sitting on purple flower from behind

Carrot butterfly (Erebia neoridas), eye butterfly of the family of noble butterflies (Nymphalidae), Valais, Switzerland, Europe

Lesser Marbled Fritillary (Brenthis ino) butterfly on Meadow Bistort (Persicaria bistorta), Eifel, Germany

fritillary butterfly on a horsemint blossom, new mexico, united states of america

Nine-spotted Moth (Amata phegea), Valle Verzasca, Kanton Tessin, Switzerland, Europe

Green-underside Blue (Glaucopsyche alexis) butterfly on flowering grass, Lajosmizse, Hungary

White Peacock butterfly, Anartia jatrophae, Florida.

Chessboard butterfly Melanargia galathea on flower

butterfly, silver-washed fritillary, Argynnis paphia,

Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Clossiana selene)

Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus malvae) on buttercup (Ranunculus), Sidonie, Brumov-Bylnice, White Carpathian Mountains, protected landscape area, Bile Karpaty, Czech Republic, Europe

Comma, Polygonia c-album, sitting on a leaf

Osterluzeifalter, Osterluzei-Falter, Suedlicher Osterluzeifalter Zerynthia polyxena, an einem Pflanzenstaengel, Aufsicht, Bulgarien, Pleven, Cherven Bryag Southern festoon Zerynthia polyxena, on a plant stem, dorsal view, Bulgaria, Pleven, Cherven Bryag BLWS712596 *** Easter lily butterfly, Osterluzei Falter, Southern Osterluzeifalter Zerynthia Polyxena , to a Plant stems, Supervision, Bulgaria, Pleven, Cherven Bryag Southern festoon Zerynthia Polyxena , ON a plant stem, dorsal view, Bulgaria, Pleven, Cherven Bryag BLWS712596 Copyright: xblickwinkel/AGAMI/M.xGuytx

Silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia) on flower panicle of summer lilac or butterfly-bush (Buddleja davidii), bokeh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Brown Coloured Hawk Butterfly

Austria, Calcareous grasslands or Violet Fritillary, close up

Apollo or Mountain Apollo Butterfly (Parnassius apollo), Fliess, Tyrol, Austria, Europe

Eros Blue (Polyommatus eros) adult male, underside, roosting on grass flowerhead, Italian Alps, Italy, july

Brimstone butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni) resting among foliage, Meeth Quarry, Devon, UK. June.

Red-banded hairstreak, Stephen A. Forbes State Park, Marion County, Illinois.

Chapman's Blue (Agrodiaetus thersites) butterfly caught by Yellow Crab Spider (Thomisus onustus), Netherlands

Painted painted lady (Vanessa cardui) adult, feeding on flowers, Kent, England, summer

Small Skipper - with drew drops, Thymelicus sylvestris

Mountain Apollo (Parnassius apollo) butterfly feeding on nectar from flower, native to alpine meadows and pastures of continental European mountains

Austria, Marbled White on Spear Thistle flower, close up

Two-barred Flasher (Astraptes fulgerator) adult, feeding at flowers, Canopy Tower, Panama, Central America

Green-underside blue (Glaucopsyche alexis), reverse side. Serra do Courel, Lugo, Galicia, Spain, Europe.

Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly (Boloria euphrosyne, Clossiana euphrosyne), Untergroeningen, Abtsgmuend, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Meadow Brown Butterfly - on thistle (Maniola jurtina)

Charaxes protoclea (Flame bordered Charaxes) perched on leaf

Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae, Nymphalis urticae), butterfly

Silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia) butterfly adult feeding on a garden Verbena flower, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) butterfly female with open wings, Hoogeloon, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Aurorafalter orange tip Copyright: xZoonar.com/HendrikxFuchsx 5916772

Male large egg fly, Hypolimnas bolina, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

Great spangled fritillary on butterfly milkweed, Marion County, Illinois.

Butterfly, Emperor Cloak (Argynnis paphia), sitting on a flower, Dietersbachtal, near Oberstdorf, Allgaeu Alps, Oberallgaeu, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Brown Hairstreak (Thecla betulae), Lycaenidae family of Gossamer-winged Butterflies, shot of outer wings

Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus) adult, resting on flowerhead, captive bred

Glanville Fritillary (Melitaea cinxia) adult male, resting on Lizard Orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) flower, Causse de Gramat, Massif Central, Lot Region, France, Europe

Purple Sapphire Butterfly - Manas Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India. Date:

Butterfly on grass, close-up

Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus)

Schachbrettfalter - Melanargia galathea Marbled White on a flower - Melanargia galathea Copyright: xZoonar.com/HendrikxFuchsx 815822

Wood White put on a grass France

Crowned Moth (Eurranthis plummistaria), Ardeche, France

Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) adult, roosting amongst grasses on dewy morning, Powys, Wales, July

Blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus), Goldenstedt moor, Goldenstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany

Red Pierrot Butterfly

butterfly flower pollinate

Painted lady (Vanessa cardui), Switzerland, Europe

Speckled wood (Pararge aegeria), sitting on leaf, Switzerland, Europe

Clouded buff on grass Switzerland

Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi) on a flower

silver-studded blue male plebejus argus

Lulworth skipper, Thymelicus acteon foraging on a flower at a meadow at Munich, Germany Lulworth skipper, Thymelicus acteon foraging on a flower at a meadow called Panzerwiese at Munich, Germany Copyright: xZoonar.com/RudolfxErnstx 17455651

Blue iris fire butterfly (Lycaena helle), male sitting on a leaf of a meadow plant, Red List BRD: 2 (critically endangered), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Painted Lady Butterfly - Vanessa cardui. Photographed in Portugal

May bird, Ash fritillary butterfly Butterfly with open wings sitting on dung from behind

Closeup of a butterfly sitting on a plant outside in a garden. Beautiful and colourful insect during summer feeding on a pink flower. The Red Admiral or Vanessa Atalanta butterfly with spread wings

Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) sitting with wings spread on the ground, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Archduke (Lexias dirtea), female, native to Asia, captive

Red Melitaea butterfly butterfly with open wings sitting on yellow flower from behind

Apollo butterfly landed on a purple flower Pyrénées France

clouded apollo butterfly parnassius mnemosyne on cornflower, wings closed

Common Blue Butterfly, Polyommatus Icarus

Lemon butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni), Vechta, Lower Saxony, Germany

Gelber Schmetterling Gonepteryx rhamni sitzt auf einer Blüte, Nahaufnahme. Yellow butterfly gonepteryx rhamni sat on a flower, close-up. Butterfly of the family Pieridae. Copyright: xZoonar.com/StanislavxSablinx 22949532

Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) butterfly on flower bud, St. Nazaire le Desert, France

butterfly insect dusky meadow brown

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) on Common Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum) Marion County, Illinois.

Weaver's Fritillary (Clossiana dia), Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Regal Fritillaries (Speyeria idalia) female on Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) Sand Prairie, Scrub Oak Nature Preserve Mason County, Illinois.

Lesser Marbled Fritillary (Brenthis ino) butterfly on an orchid, Switzerland

European Skipper (Thymelicus lineola) butterfly covered with dewdrops, Overijssel, Netherlands

Two-tailed Pasha on rock Mont Ventoux Provence France

Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia) adult, resting on leaves, Bedfordshire, England, July

Kleines Wiesenvoegelchen Coenonympha pamphilus Kleines Wiesenvoegelchen, Coenonympha pamphilus, Small heath butterfly, auf einer Pflanze Copyright: xZoonar.com/GerdxHerrmannx 9579387

Small skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) butterfly adult feeding on a Field scabious flower, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Himmelblauer Blaeuling Polyommatus bellargus, Lysandra bellargus, Meleageria bellargus, Maennchen, Aufsicht, Deutschland, Baden-Waerttemberg, Kaiserstuhl adonis blue Polyommatus bellargus, Lysandra bellargus, Meleageria bellargus, male, top view, Germany, Baden-Waerttemberg, Kaiserstuhl BLWS711653 *** Sky Blue Blaeuling polyommatus bellargus, Lysandra bellargus, Meleageria bellargus , Male, Supervision, Germany, Bathing Waerttemberg, Kaiserstuhl Adonis Blue polyommatus bellargus, Lysandra bellargus, Meleageria bellargus , male, Top view, Germany, Bathing Waerttemberg, Kaiserstuhl BLWS711653 Copyright: xblickwinkel/McPHOTO/M.xSchaefx

Short-tailed Blue (Everes argiades) adult, drinking at muddy pool, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia

Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia) and smaller Nymphalid Butterfly (Nymphalidae) on flower, Austria

Schachbrettfalter Melanargia galathea Vier Schachbrettfalter an einer Pflanze, Four Marbled Whites on a plant, Melanargia galathea, Western marbled white Copyright: xZoonar.com/GerdxHerrmannx 18833110

Cabbage butterfly (Pieris brassicae) approaching a flower of the widow's-eye (Knautia arvensis), Hesse, Germany, Europe

Oriental Straight Swift Butterfly, Parnara bada, Sammillan Shetty`s Butterfly Park, Beluvai, Karnataka India

High Brown Fritillary (Argynnis adippe) cleodoxa form, adult, underside, resting on unfurling fern frond, Italian Alps, Italy, july

Tau Emperor (Aglia tau) adult male, resting on dead bramble stem, Northern Italy, march

Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages) resting on flower bud, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Eros Blue (Polyommatus eros) adult male, underside, roosting on grass flowerhead, Italian Alps, Italy, Europe

Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) butterfly on flower, Hessen, Germany

Black veined White mating on a pyramidal orchid Lot France

Kaisermantel oder Silberstrich Argynnis paphia Kaisermantel oder Silberstrich Argynnis paphia. Silver-washed fritillary male in the sun. Copyright: xZoonar.com/KARINxJAEHNEx 22132066

Comma Butterfly on Sedum (Polygonia c-album). Norfolk - UK.

Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside) nectaring on a daisy

Trüber Apollo Parnassius mnemosyne Schmetterling auf einer grünen Wiese. Seltener Schmetterling aus Altai. Sibirien, Russland Clouded Apollo Parnassius mnemosyne butterfly on a green lawn. Rare butterfly from Altai. Siberia, Russia Copyright: xZoonar.com/StanislavxSablinx 22787011

Green-veined white butterfly (Pieris napi) Whitelye Common Nature Reserve, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK

Male Black Apollo, Rhoen, Bavaria (Parnassius mnemosyne hassicus), Germany, Europe

Short tailed Blue Butterfly on a blade of grass Doubs Valley

Small Skipper on a grass in a garden France

Cabbage butterfly, Pieris brassicae, cabbage butterfly

Cabbage Butterfly (Pieris brassicae) on grass, Almelo, Twente, Overijssel, Netherlands

Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia), fam. Nymphalidae

Mädesüß-Perlmuttfalter, dorsal Mädesüß-Perlmuttfalter, dorsal, Lesser marbled fritillary, dorsal Foto 12.06.2022 Copyright: xZoonar.com/Hans-JoachimxKoberx 22589850

Butterfly on fern, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, Dordogne, France

Small white butterfly Small white butterfly on purple thistle Copyright: xZoonar.com/IvonnexWierinkx 9504326

Schachbrettfalter Melanargia galathea Schachbrettfalter, Melanargia galathea, Western marbled white Copyright: xZoonar.com/GerdxHerrmannx 18797424

Scarce swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius)

Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) feeding on a thistle (Cirsium arvense) flower, Wilden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Close-up of a Common Leopard (Phalanta phalantha) butterfly on a leaf

Polyphemus Moth (Antheraea polyphemus), New Mexico

Great Peacock (Saturnia pyri), adult male, resting on the Naked naked man orchid (Orchis italica), Sicily, Italy, Europe

Sammamish, Washington a European small silk moth Aglia tau

Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni), sucking nectar at Rse Campion (Silene coronaria), Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Venata moth relaxing on lake rushes

Holly blue (Celastrina argiolus), butterfly, blue butterfly, insect, thistle, nature, macro, A blue butterfly sits with closed wings on a thistle

Butterfly, Ochlodes venatus

Predation Glanville Fritillary (Melitaea cinxia) by a spider, Prairies du Fouzon, France

Large Skipper (Ochlodes venatus) on buttercup.Wings folded. Isolated background. Kent UK

Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae), Vallee de l'Eure (Eure Valley), Eure-et-Loir, France, August

morpho butterfly, morpho peleides hanging from a branch

Jersey Tiger moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria) on Boneset or Thoroughwort, Aufhausen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Group of Blues on horse droppings Lot France

Flambeau Butterfly (Dryas iulia) Upper wing, Florida, USA

European bach detention (Osmylus fulvicephalus) adult, resting on maidenhair spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes), Cannobina Valley, Italian Alps, Piedmont, Northern Italy

Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus), Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Southern Festoon (Zerynthia polyxena) adult, resting on leaf, Tuscany, Italy, april

Six-spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae) moth, Drenthe, Netherlands

large ringlet erebia euryale valsavarenche, italy.

Moth perched on a purple zinnia flower

Large Skipper (Ochlodes venatus) adult pair, mating on bramble leaf, Ivinghoe Beacon, Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Comma, Polygonia c-album

Lemon butterfly on an autumn aster

Holly blue (Celastrina argiolus), sitting on leaf, Esterweger Dose, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Monarch butterfly on pink flower on green leaf

Blood droplet

Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), Nijmegen, Netherlands

Brimstone two butterflies mating sitting on the ground looking different

Large skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus), Ahlhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany

Comma Butterfly (Polygonia c-album), Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Black vanilla orchid (Gymnadenia austriaca) (Nigritella austriaca) with grasshopper (Gomphocerinae), Gran Paradiso NP, Italy, Europe

Dusky Large Blue Butterfly (Maculinea nausithous) pair mating, Netherlands

Turquoise Blue (Plebicula dorylas) adult male, resting on rocky hillside, Sierra de Guara, Pyrenees, Aragon, Spain, June

butterfly insect winged insect

Brimstone butterfly is sitting on a flower, A common brimstone is sitting on a flower

Common Blue butterfly polyommatus icarus

Mountain Alcon blue butterfly with closed wings on green leaf with several white eggs sitting left sighted

German Scorpion Fly (Panorpa germanica), on a blade of grass, Münsterland, Germany, Europe

Small heath (Coenonympha pamphilus), butterfly, insect, macro, meadow, clover, The Lesser Meadowbird sits in the meadow on the green clover

Nine-spotted Moth (Amata phegea) and Common Banded Hoverfly (Syrphus ribesii) adult pairs, mating on Great Plantain (Plantago major), Cannobina Valley, Italian Alps, Piedmont, Northern Italy, July

Jersey Tiger Moth (Callimorpha quadripunctaria), Dolomites of Feltre, Feltre, Italy, Europe

Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus), Burgenland, Austria, Europe

Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) sitting on thistle, Wilden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) Butterfly adult male, resting in in high pasture, Corsica, France, spring, Europe

Brimstone butterfly is sitting on a flower, A common brimstone is sitting on a flower

Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) on Missouri Ironweed (Veronia missurica), Marion County, Illinois.

Marbled white (Melanargia galathea) in cold torpor on a thistle, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Trauermantelschmetterling. Closeup of Mourning Cloak Butterfly Nymphalis antiopa perched on the ground with wings open. LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/RaimoxBergrothx 23155363

Close-up, yellow shell (Camptogramma bilineata), Neustadt am Ruebenberge, Germany, Europe

A Red Admiral Butterfly puddling mineral rich water

Green hawk moth

Large skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus), Ahlhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany

Yellow moth, brimstone moth (Opisthograptis luteolata), Insects, Moths, Butterflies, Animals, Other animals, Brimstone moth on autumn

Mourning Cloak Butterfly, on Common Milkweed, (Nymphalis antiopa), NJ

Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) butterfly adult male feeding on a garden Verbena flower, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

White Plume Moth (Pterophorus pentadactyla), Haren, Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Pontic Blue (Polyommatus coelestina) adult, and Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) adult, 'mud-puddling', drinking minerals from damp ground, Yaylalar Valley, Kaskar Mountains, Pontic Mountains, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia

Waldbrettspiel Pararge aegeria Waldbrettspiel Pararge aegeria Copyright: xZoonar.com/RobertxBiedermannx 2668602

Woodland Ringlet, Erebia medusa, settled with wings open. Romania.

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Dainty Sulphur tilts to align with the sunlight while lateral basking on Mt. Magazine during cool morning temperatures. Logan County, Arkansas, 21 June 2003.

Puss moth, Cerura vinula

Five-spot Burnet (Zygaena trifolii) Moth two adults, resting on Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) flowerspike, on coastal sand dunes, Cheswick, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) on the ground, Berchtesgaden Alps, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Helle Imago Aglais urticae, Kleiner Schildkrötenfalter auf einem gesprenkelten Stein, Nahaufnahme. Wanderung der Schmetterlinge. Bright imago Aglais urticae, Small Tortoiseshell butterfly on a mottled stone, close up. Migration of butterflies. Copyright: xZoonar.com/StanislavxSablinx 22814833

C-Falter C-Falter auf einer Birne Copyright: xZoonar.com/MartinaxBergx 8985358