Title

Blue iris fire butterfly

Caption

Blue iris fire butterfly (Lycaena helle), mating on leaf of a meadow plant, Red List BRD: 2 (critically endangered), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Date

May 17, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Friedhelm Adam

Reference

BRK22C29_206

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

50,0Mb (1,7Mb) / 17,1in x 11,4in / 5120 x 3413 (300dpi)

Keywords

2 2 animals Butterflies Butterfly Central Europe Europe Europe's FRG Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia German German Federal Republic Germany Insect Insecta Insects Lepidoptera Lepidopteran Lycaena helle Meadow plant Meadow plants Middle Europe NRW No People North Rhine-Westphalia North-Rhine Westphalia Republic of Germany Two Animals adult adult animal adult animals animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal couple animal pair animal pairs animals behavior behaviour copula copulate copulation couple couples courtship display deserted diurnal butterflies diurnal butterfly empty female female animal female animals females habitat leaf leaves maiting pair male male animal male animals males mate mating mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time matings mature matures natural environment natural environments natural habitat nature no one nobody pair pair of animals pairing plant plants reproduction reproductions rutting season sex sexual intercourse social behavior social behaviour social behaviours two uninhabited wildlife photography Gossamer winged butterflies Gossamer winged butterfly Gossamer-winged butterfly Lycaenidae fauna sexualities sexuality wildlife