122Butterfly

Butterfly - science name: Melitaea trivia

An artistic capture of a beautiful orangish butterfly sitting on a deep purple flower on a rainy day.

2nd generation of common blue butterflies, this is the male.

Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)

Vanessa cardui a common butterfly in most parts of pale-arctic.

Sideview of a Danaus.

A gorgeous Milkweed Butterfly lands on a purple flower.

Highly detailed capture of a orange butterfly on a leaf.

Masking its prensence this cobra snap was shot in Dutch Emmen zoo with our Panasonic movie camera. Wished I had my 60D but heylady fortune has granted...More

Stranded in a wiry riddle,
a Black Swallowtail butterfly caterpillar
finds old-school magic in a labyrinth of fennel.

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Beautiful orange/black butterfly on wheat.

A butterfly samples dessert in a new Eden,
drunken dreams of nectar whispering
from the flower's depths.

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This Small tortoiseshell's latin name "Aglais" derives from the name of one of the antique greek godesses of charm and grace!

Closeup of a Tortoiseshell Butterfly on a flower.

Spectacular color in this Cranberry Blue Butterfly.

Orange butterfly

A very close view of a gorgeous white butterfly showing fantastic detail in their unusal eyes.

Three butterflies hanging upside down a twig.

Nice closeup of a white butterfly hanging on to a beautiful white flower.

Closeup of a Female Common Blue butterfly.

White-orange dotted butterfly sits on a Jerusalem's Knapweed fritillary (Melitaea telona)

August brings out the butterflies in the UK - after months of no sign, to everyone, all at once! :)

Out of all of the British butterflies, this is by far my favourite, a friend of mine calls these RAF butterflies because of the round markings on the...More