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Papilionidae, The Swallowtails and Birdwings from Indonesia.

Close-up photo, on a forest meadow, butterfly Rusalka checkered butterfly (Araschnia levana) spring form

An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail in Dover, Tennessee

The moth looks like a cross between a bumble bee and humming bird.

close up view of a gatekeeper butterfly sitting on a purple blooming thistle and gathering nectar

$Plebeius agestis (the old name) is a fairly scarce resident. The species suffered a decline in the mid-20th century; since the early 1960s, its area of distribution has halved. the Dutch Monitoring Scheme shows a moderate decline in numbers since 1990. The species is classified as 'susceptible' on the 2006 Red List.\nBrown Argus Butterfly occurs on nutrient-poor grasslands on dry, sandy soils in an open landscape, as in the (coastal) dunes and along dykes, roads and railways tracks.\nSeveral species of Geraniaceae are used as larval food plant.\nThe species flies in two generations from early May until early September, and hibernates as a half-grown caterpillar.\n\nThis is not a common Species in the Netherlands.$