Caption

Checkerspot butterfly (Melanargia galathea) on creeping thistle (Cirsium hydrophilum), underside of wing, close-up, Wilnsdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Date

Jul 19, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Burkhard Sauskojus

Reference

BRK24I36_050

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

55.7Mb (2.4Mb) / 18.0in x 12.0in / 5402 x 3601 (300dpi)

Keywords

detail details section sections Detailed image close up close-up close ups close-ups closeups closeup close-up shot Close view close shot Close-up deserted no one No People nobody uninhabited empty thistle thistles plant plants Butterfly Lepidoptera Butterflies Lepidopteran Insecta Insect Insects wing wings camouflage camouflage animal animals nature open air North Rhine-Westphalia NRW Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia North-Rhine Westphalia German wildlife fauna Marbled white Melanargia galathea Marbled whites Checkered butterfly Europe Europe's deception deceptions diurnal butterfly diurnal butterflies Brush-footed butterfly Nymphalidae Brush-footed butterflies Four-footed butterfly underside undersides Asteraceae Asteraceae Compositae Asteraceae Asteracea Satyrine Satyrinae Satyrines Satyrid imitation imitations european camouflaged camouflage camouflaging camouflages camouflaged copying copies copy imitate imitating imitates imitative adaption adaptions Germany German Federal Republic Republic of Germany FRG BRD Thistle Cirsium Thistles Creeping thistle Cirsium arvense Creeping thistles Mimicry Mimicry wildlife photography wildlife photography Wilnsdorf Siegerland natural environment natural habitat habitat natural environments detail view detailed view Central Europe Middle Europe eyespot ocellus underside of the casement underside of wing

Restrictions

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