Title

Checkered butterfly

Caption

Checkered butterfly (Melanargia galathea) approaching brown knapweed (Centaurea jacea), Hesse, Germany, Europe

Date

Jun 29, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Wilfried Martin

Reference

BRK22D55_256

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

42.3Mb (14.1Mb) / 15.7in x 10.5in / 4711 x 3141 (300dpi)

Keywords

Asteracea Asteraceae Autumn aster Brown knapweed Brown knapweeds Brownray knapweed Brush-footed butterflies Brush-footed butterfly Butterflies Butterfly Centaurea Centaurea jacea Centaury Centory Central Europe Compositae Europe Europe's FRG Four-footed butterfly German German Federal Republic Germany Hesse Hessen Hessia Insect Insecta Insects Knapweed Knapweeds Lepidoptera Lepidopteran Marbled white Marbled whites Melanargia galathea Middle Europe Mimicry No People Nymphalidae Republic of Germany Satyrid Satyrinae Satyrine Satyrines Starthistle adaption adaptions animal animals approach approaching bloom blossom blossoms camouflage camouflaged camouflaging copy deserted diurnal butterflies diurnal butterfly empty eyespot flight flights flower flowering flowers fly flying habitat imitate imitating imitation imitations in a flight in flight in flower in the air in the sky inflorescence inflorescences mid air natural environment natural environments natural habitat nature no one nobody ocellus plant plants uninhabited wildlife photography deception deceptions fauna wildlife