Sylvain Cordier / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) wintering in Oyamel pine forests (Abies religiosa) Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve / Reserva de Biosfera de la Mariposa Monarca UNESCO World Heritage Site, An...
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Guy Edwardes / Marbled white (Melanagria galathea), two butterflies on Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis). Badbury Rings, Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England, UK. June.
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Lorraine Bennery / Knapweed fritillary butterflies (Melitaea phoebe) on Green winged orchid (Anacamptis morio), Grands Causses Regional Natural Park, France, May.
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Floris van Breugel / Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) over winter on Eucalyptus and Monterey Cypress trees near Pismo Beach, San Luis, California, USA December.. When temperatures warm up enough, they will embark on...
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Alex Hyde / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) on flower, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. September.
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Jussi Murtosaari / Peacock butterfly (Inachis io) newly emerged on asters, Jyvaskyla, Finland, August.
Laurent Geslin / Tortoisehell butterfly (Aglais urticae) with Ponts Couverts in distance, Strasbourg, France. June 2014.
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Nick Turner / Marsh fritillary butterfly (Euphydrayas aurinia) feeding on Wild garlic / Ramsons (Allium ursinum) at Strawberry Banks, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust (GWT), Nature Reserve, Gloucestershire, UK. May.
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Wim van den Heever / Julia heleconia (Dryas iulia) butterfly on head of Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare). Butterflies often land on caiman's head to drink the salt from its eyes.Pantanal, Brazil.
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Wim van den Heever / Julia heleconia (Dryas iulia) butterfly on head of Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare). Butterflies often land on caiman's head to drink the salt from its eyes. Pantanal, Brazil.
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Matthew Maran / Meadow brown (Maniola jurtina) resting on grass in Cohen's Field, Hampstead Heath, London, England, UK, June.
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Jussi Murtosaari / Silver washed fritillary butterfly (Argynnis paphia) female in flight with thistles, Uusimaa, Finland, August.
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Ernie Janes / Red admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) on sunflower in garden. Norfolk, England, UK. August.
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Bernard Castelein / Map Butterfly (Araschnia levana), Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium, august 2012
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Theo Bosboom / Meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) on umbillifer in grassland habitat, Sint Pietersberg, the Netherlands, August
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Paul D Stewart / Tiger complex mimics, (Heliconids), an old collection of butterflies in the famous 'tiger complex'. This is a group of around 200 species of mostly toxic South American species which share a similar p...
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Ernie Janes / Red admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) in flight to Hemp-agrimony, Norfolk, England, UK, August.
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Ernie Janes / Painted lady butterfly (Cynthia cardui) flying to feed on Fleabane in garden. Norfolk, England, UK.
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Nick Upton / Three Marbled white butterflies (Melanargia galathea) nectaring on Greater knapweed flowers (Centaurea scabiosa) in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, June.