Caption

Chequerboard butterfly (Melanargia galathea), male, sitting on a daisy (Oxeye daisy) in summer, easy to distinguish from other butterfly species even for laymen by the chequerboard-like wing pattern, relatively common butterfly, native nature, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

Jun 30, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25M97_145

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

23,2Mb (767,1Kb) / 9,5in x 9,5in / 2848 x 2848 (300dpi)

Keywords

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