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Deciduous woodland.
Meadow on the edge of beech forest.
Meadow on the edge of deciduous woodland.
Deciduous woodland margin.
Female Brenthis hecate on fern.
Greek name: Μελαναργία η Λαρίσσα (Φιλότης)
A wall brown in Seih-Sou, the suburban forest of Thessaloniki, Greece (on Dec. ...
A red admiral in Seih-Sou, the suburban pine forest of Thessaloniki, Greece ...
Painted lady feeding on Anchusella cretica flowers.
The wingspan is 64–80 mm. The butterfly flies from April to September (in ...
A marbled white (Melanargia galathea) on centaurea (C. salonitana) flower.
Melanargia larissa on a centaurea solstitialis flower (Seih-Sou, Thessaloniki, ...
The length of the forewings is 21–26 mm. The butterfly flies from May to August ...
Vanessa cardui ♂
Wall Brown resting on a forest road in Seih-Sou (the suburban pine forest of ...
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) drinking nectar on rosemary flowers.
Nettle-tree butterfly with worn and tattered wings, after overwintering.
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) on star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum sigmoideum) ...
Painted lady (♂) sucking nectar from centaury flower (the Balkan endemic Cyanus ...
Small heath on silverleaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium) fruit.
Balkan marbled white butterfly on thistle flower.
Twin-spot fritillary on blood carnation (Dianthus cruentus) buds.
Female comma (Polygonia c-album) on a fern.
Underside of wings in 1st photo, upperside in the rest photos.
Meadow in Seih-Sou, the suburban forest of Thessaloniki (Greece).
Male pearly heath on a hiking trail of mount Chortiatis (altitude about 1100 ...
1st & 2nd photos: Female upperside of wings. 3rd photo: Female underside of ...
Synonym: Boloria dia.
Clearing in deciduous woodland (Altitude 2000 m.)
Clearing in deciduous (beech) forest.
Heath fritillary on thistle (Cirsium vulgare).
Female Lattice Brown under thistle flower.
On asteraceae flowers in the ruins of the ancient city of Nicopolis.
Female Melitaea didyma (form meridionalis)
Male Issoria lathonia feeding on horehound (Marrubium peregrinum).
Female Issoria lathonia on fern.
Lasiommata megera female (photos 1,3,4) and male (2nd photo).
Melanargia galathea: Female (1st photo) & male (2nd photo).
Silver-washed fritillaries foraging on thistle.
Meadow brown on sheep's scabious (Jasione heldreichii) flower.
Painted Lady (♂) on mediterranean creeping thyme (Thymus longicaulis) flowers.
The underside of this species sports remarkable reflective patches - "pearls" a ...
The Tree Grayling (Hipparchia statilinus) is a butterfly of the family ...
The Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus is a butterfly species belonging to the ...
