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$Vanessa cardui - Painted lady butterfly - Distelfalter\nBeautiful butterfly on a thistle flower. Europe.$

Aphrodite fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite)

Lepidoptera insects in the wild, North China

The Painted Lady is a long-distance migrant, which causes the most spectacular butterfly migrations observed in Britain and Ireland.

Close-up photo of an orange butterfly with black spots perched on purple wildflowers in a green setting.

Silver-bordered fritillary (Boloria selene) on waterhemp

Ochlodes sylvanus Large Skipper Butterfly Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

Polygonia c-aureum , Linnaeus, A butterfly is gathering honey

Silver-washed fritillary butterfly (Argynnis paphia) sitting on a purple thorny thistle flower. Wings in deep orange color with black spots on the upperside. Closeup with blurred background.

Meadow Brown butterfly, Maniola jurtina, perched on a flower collecting nectar, surrounded by lush greenery.

Macro photo of a butterfly of the species HIpparchia statilinus, also called tree grayling, of the nimphalidae family.

An image of a Comma Butterfly nectaring on a thistle head

$Vanessa cardui is a very common migrant that arrives from Africa every summer. Numbers fluctuate annually, depending on the reproduction in Africa.\nThe species is most likely to be seen in open areas were the vegetation has a mosaic structure, such as waste land, fallow ground and pasture land.\nit uses various species of Carduus, Arctium and Cirsium both as larval food plant and as a source of nectar.\n\nThis is a common Migration Butterfly in the Netherlands.$

23 July 2021, Basse Yutz, Yutz, Thionville Portes de France, Moselle, Lorraine, Grand Est, France. In a meadow, a Silver-washed Fritillary gathers a thistle flower.

Great spangled fritillary, fluttering over summer wildflowers (joe-pye weed) as it feeds, with the focus on the eyes and head. Note the proboscis inside the flower. The butterfly's striking pattern inspires its name. The Latin word fritillus means chessboard or dice box.

Butterfly on pink thistle. Nature background.

A small plant just blooming on the woodland floor.

Flowering milk thistle and butterfly hives on a flower

animal insect sitting on a plant on a spring day

$The silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia) is a common and variable butterfly found over much of the Palearctic realm – Algeria, Europe, temperate Asia, and Japan.\nDescription:\nThe silver-washed fritillary butterfly is deep orange with black spots on the upperside of its wings, and has a wingspan of 54–70 mm, with the male being smaller and paler than the female. The underside is green, and, unlike other fritillaries, has silver streaks instead of silver spots, hence the name silver-washed. The caterpillar is black brown with two yellow lines along its back and long reddish-brown spines. \nThe male possesses scent scales on the upperside of the forewing that run along veins one to four. The scent produced from these scales attracts females and helps to distinguish it from other species. \nFood resouces:\nAdults feed on the nectar of bramble, thistles, and knapweeds, and also on aphid honeydew. The silver-washed is a strong flier, and more mobile than other fritillaries, and, as such, can be seen gliding above the tree canopy at high speed. Its preferred habitat is thin, sunny, deciduous woodland, especially oaks, but it has been known to live in coniferous woodland. \nThe main larval food plant of the species is the common dog violet (Viola riviniana).\nLife Cycle:\nWhen the egg hatches in August, the caterpillar immediately goes into hibernation until spring. Upon awakening, it will drop to the ground, and feeds on violets close to the base of the tree. The caterpillar usually feeds at night, and usually conceals itself during the day away from its food source, but during cool weather will bask in the sunny spots on the forest floor on dry, dead leaves. It will pupate amongst the ground vegetation, and the adults will emerge in June (source Wikipedia). \n\nThe Picture is made along a small River in the Eifel (Germany) in halfway August 2021.$

A Peacock Butterfly resting on a thistle head

Orange and black butterfly on a pink flower.

Tortoiseshell butterfly on chive flowers,

Macro of a European peacock butterfly body.

A close-up of a fritillary perched on a flower

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