Title

Chessboard butterfly

Caption

Chessboard butterfly (Melanargia-galathea), on culm, copula, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Date

Aug 25, 2018

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Matthias Delle

Reference

BRK20A49_287

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

53,7Mb (2,6Mb) / 11,9in x 17,6in / 3564 x 5268 (300dpi)

Keywords

2 2 animals Bavaria Bayern Brown Brush-footed butterflies Brush-footed butterfly Butterflies Butterfly Central Europe Europe Four-footed butterfly German Federal Republic Germany Insect Insecta Insects Lepidoptera Lepidopteran Marbled white Marbled whites Melanargia galathea Middle Europe Mimicry No People Nymphalidae Satyrid Satyrinae Satyrine Satyrines South Germany Southern Germany Sueddeutschland Two Animals adult adult animal adult animals adults animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal couple animal pair animal pairs animals animals in the wild behavior behaviour blade blades copula copulate copulation copy couple couples deception deceptions defence defense defenses deserted diurnal butterflies diurnal butterfly empty eyespot fauna female female animal female animals females habitat imitate imitating imitation imitations maiting pair male male animal male animals males mate mating mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time matings mature natural environment natural environments natural habitat nature no one nobody ocellus pair pairing reproduction reproductions rutting season sex sexual intercourse social behavior social behaviour social behaviours two uninhabited wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography