José Ignacio García Zajaczkowski

Justin Bland

Boris  Smokrovic

black and white butterfly on gray and white stone

Andra C Taylor Jr

selective focus photography of butterfly perched on petaled flower

In the evening the insect activity is a bit more limited then mid day but most things I found were thankfully moving a bit slower.  Towards the end of my session I kicked up this tiny and beautiful Gray Hairstreak flitting around the field.  I started out photographing it very close and trying to show off the detail.  The subtle coloration on this butterfly is very pretty.  After capturing those standard macro photos I turned my attention to something a bit more scenic.  The sun had already dipped below a far away tree line so I started shooting in-between silhouettes.

Ray Hennessy

selective color photography of brown butterfly

Noah Silliman

black and white butterfly perched on pink flower in close up photography during daytime

Muhammad Yasir

black and white butterfly on yellow and pink flower

A black swallowtail butterfly on a zinnia.

Joshua J. Cotten

Buyukada, Istanbul, August 2019

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The Painted Lady is a long-distance migrant, which causes the most spectacular butterfly migrations observed in Britain and Ireland.

Each year, it spreads northwards from the desert fringes of North Africa, the Middle East, and central Asia, recolonising mainland Europe and reaching Britain and Ireland. In some years it is an abundant butterfly, frequenting gardens and other flowery places in late summer.

https://butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/painted-lady

Black butterfly