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Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia) female foraging on Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus)

$Lantana camara, commonly called lantana or shrub verbena, also known as big-sage, red-sage, white-sage and tick berry, is a species of flowering plant, which is native to Central and South America and has spread to the world. It bears small tubular shaped flowers, which each have four petals forming clusters. The blooming time is from early summer to autumn in temperate areas. Flowers come in many different colors, including red, yellow, white, pink, orange and purple.\nThe butterfly in the photo is Argyreus hyperbius, which is also called Indian fritillary.$

Boloria selene, known in Europe as the small pearl-bordered fritillary is a food for crab spider.

$Brenthis daphne, the marbled fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.\nDescription:\nBrenthis daphne has a wingspan of 30–44 millimeters. Wings are rather rounded, the basic color of the upper side of the forewings is bright orange, with an incomplete black marginal band. The underside of the hindwings have a yellowish postdiscal band and the marginal area is completely suffused with purple, with a marble effect (hence the common name). The quadrangular patch on the underside hindwing is partially shaded orange pink to outer side. The chrysalis has two dorsal rows of thorns with bright spots and a bright metallic shine.\nThis species is very similar to the lesser marbled fritillary (Brenthis ino), but the latter is slightly smaller and the coloration of said patch is completely yellow.\nBiology:\nThe butterfly flies from late May to early August depending on the location. The eggs are laid separately in July on the leaves of the host plants. The larvae feed on brambles (Rubus fruticosus), raspberry (Rubus idaeus), Rubus caesius, Rubus sachalinensis, Sanguisorba officinalis and Filipendula species, while adults usually feed on nectar from brambles, thistles and other flowers. This species is univoltine. It overwinters at the caterpillar stage in the egg shell. \nDistribution and habitat:\nThis widespread species is present in the Palearctic ecozone from the southern parts of the continental Europe (northern Spain, southern France, Germany, Italy and eastwards to Slovakia and Greece), up to Caucasus, western Siberia. It prefers warm and sunny forest edges, woodland and bushy areas where the host plants grow, at an elevation of 75–1,750 meters above sea level (source Wikipedia).\n\nThis Picture is made during a Vacation in Bulgaria in May 2018.$

Natural background in warm colors with blooming rosemary in the forest at dawn, morning rays and highlights, an orange butterfly on a rosemary flower.

Wildflowers and butterfly in alpine environment

A wonderful Brenthis hecate butterfly sitting on a summer morning on a garden flower, endangered insect concept

Silver-washed Fritillary - (Latin: Argynnis paphia) in Termessos National Park

Euphydryas aurinia on its host plant (Meadow succisa (Succisa pratensis))

Orange butterfly drinking nectar from flower

Lesser Marbled Fritillar butterfly or Brenthis ino feeding on a purple flower with a blurry green background captured in Switzerland

This orange / black colored butterfly is sucking nectar out of a flower in a forest close to the fort of Douaumont near Verdun, France

Beautiful Silver-washed fritillary [Argynnis paphia] butterfly on a flower in summer

butterfly sitting on white flower - argynnis paphia

Melitaea didyma in the grass of Agri-Campeggio EL-Bacan Sona Italy 21 july 2023

$Boloria selene is a rare resident in the Netherlands. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was widespread, but its distribution has fallen drastically since then. At present, the only large populations are in the Nature Reserves in the north of the Netherlands in the province Overijssel.\nThe species is categorised as endangered on the Red List.\nHabitat: This Fritillary is a species of wet to damp, nutrient-poor grasslands. It occurs mostly on blanket bogs where the larval food plant Viola palustris is growing abundantly. \nFlying Season: It flies in two generations from mid-May until mid-August and hibernates as a half-grown caterpillar.\n\nThis nice Species is quite scarce, except in the described Habitats.\nThis Picture is made along a cycling Path, were some weeds are sown, were the Species where feeding on.$

Lesser Marbled Fritillary, Brenthis io resting on leaf

Boloria euphrosyne Pearl-Bordered Fritillary Butterfly Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

The dark green fritillary butterfly collects nectar on flower. Speyeria aglaja, previously known as Argynnis aglaja is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

Beautiful butterfly is on multi colored flower in garden.

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