High brown fritillary
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The high brown fritillary is a large and brightly colored butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, native to Europe and across the Palearctic to Japan. It is known for being Great Britain's most threatene
Argynnis adippe Feuriger Perlmutterfalter 04
Argynnis adippe 01
dorsal (L) and ventral (R) views
2,2a,2b, 2c, 2d, 2e larva after last moult 2f pupa
Butterfly
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Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterised by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, flutteri
High brown fritillary
…The high brown fritillary (Fabriciana adippe) is a large and brightly colored butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, native to Europe and across the Palearctic to Japan. It is known for being Great Britain's most threatened butterfly and is…
Fesoj Papilio machaon
Possibly the original butter-fly. A male brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) in flight.
A zoomed in view of the wing scales on a Aglais io, or peacock butterfly.
Most butterflies fly by day, most moths by night: but Arctia caja is day-flying.