Juergen Freund / Timelapse of a Cairns birdwing (Ornithoptera euphorion) butterfly caterpillar metamorphosing into a chrysalis, Queensland, Australia, April.
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Jussi Murtosaari / Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo) in flight, Foglo, Ahvenanmaa / Aland Islands, Finland, July.
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Jussi Murtosaari / Mountain Apollo (Parnassius apollo) in flight, southwest Finland, February, July.
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Jussi Murtosaari / Mountain Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo) male flying across road, Aland Islands, Finland, July.
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Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Common Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) backlit showing wing structure. Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, October
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Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Apollo butterfly (Parnasius apollo) feeding on flower, Mount Terminillo, Rieti, Lazio, Italy, July 2011
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Nick Garbutt / RF- Adult male Rajah Brooke's Birdwing butterfly (Trogonoptera brookiana) basking in pool of sunlight. Dipterocarp rainforest, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo. (This image may be licensed either as rights...
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Morley Read / Timelapse of a King swallowtail (Papilio thoas) butterfly caterpillar drinking water from the surface of a leaf, ), showing bird dropping camouflage, Napo Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)
Loic Poidevin / Scarce Swallowtail butterfly (Iphiclides podalirius) on Buenos Aires Verbena (Verbena bonariensis) flower, Vendee, France. July.
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Heather Angel / Chinese peacock butterfly (Papilio bianor) drinking nectar from a Hibiscus flower. To maintain position it flaps the wings which pick up pollen on their undersides from the stamens placed on the end o...