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Argynnis pandora
Male with two clear androconinl veins. Big butterfly, ca. 6 cm wingspan. Females are half a centimeter bigger than males. The upper side of the wings is olive greenish with many black spots and lines. The underside is golden green and cadmium red with black spots. The anverse of the male forewings is olive green with pale yellow and orange at the tip and black veins. It presents two androconian veins. The caterpillars, with sizes up to 35 mm, are beige, hairy with a black stripe sprinkled with red in the upper part It flies from the end of May the late September.
Spotted at an oak forest. Reserva de la Biosfera del Real Sitio de San Ildefonso-El Espinar.
Camera Model: NIKON D500. Exposure Time: 1/500 sec.; f/10; ISO Speed Rating: 635. Exposure Bias: 0 EV. Focal Length: 300.0 mm. No flash fired. DSC_4314, 13, 16
Spotted on Jun 23, 2019
Submitted on Oct 16, 2019
2 Comments
Thanks Brian38
Beautiful colors Arlanda!