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Issoria lathonia
The adult is a strong flyer, and may be found anywhere but forests. Flight time is between March and October, size is between 38 mm and 46 mm, and is usually found at altitudes between sea level and 2700 m.
It occurs throughout the Palaearctic from North Africa to Japan. It is distinctly migratory in Western Europe, in Central and South Europe - all Italy, reaching almost as far north as the Arctic Circle; however, it is resident in southern Sweden and Finland, and on the coastal sand dunes of the Netherlands.
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Ursula@ ne nije mrtav ;) just in bad mood, probably sleepy! Tnx Tina, the Croatian name is even better Silver- written Mother of Pearl :)
is this butterfly dead?
Beautiful name and butterfly!
ja zato sve to ne mogu ja nagovorim druge s opremom ;D :P
da,da znam da se to ne može uslikati,, imala sam hrpu pokušaja dok sam radila rad...podsjetio me na mog Limentitis reducta, a i danas u paklenici dan si truda oko leptira i na kraju pola ga fali, pa u potragu za novim :(
aha :) nikako da uhvatim srebreno, ali kaže fotograf da je to samo varka jer smo binokularni ;) i jesi primijetila da je ovaj živ, ali iskomiran, aaaa uvijek nekako faličnog nađem ;D
ova ima najljepšu donju stranu krila...