Caption

A butterfly, Black Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) sits on colourful flowers in the sunshine and shows its yellow-black wings, Franconian Forest nature park Park, Germany

Date

Sep 17, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Marco Bunk

Reference

BRK26B85_201

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

27.0Mb (1.6Mb) / 13.7in x 7.7in / 4096 x 2304 (300dpi)

Keywords

blossom Swallowtail Butterfly Insect wing animal sunlight nature German wildlife sit colorful Europe diurnal butterfly natural preserve Franconia reserve flowering landscape european Swallowtail butterfly nature reserve uplands Germany wildlife photography natural environment Low mountain landscape flying insect Frankenwald Central Europe yellow-black bloom Old World swallowtail Lepidopteran sunshine open air fauna colourful nature park protected area scenery low mountain range German Federal Republic habitat pterygote insect Franconian Forest Middle Europe Common yellow swallowtail coloured Naturpark sanctuary in flower countryside nature conservation area Republic of Germany natural habitat colored conservation area landscape photo natural reserve FRG Colourfully environmental reserve colorfully variegated multicoloured multi-coloured multi-colored different coloured blossoms Swallowtails Butterflies Insects wings animals sitting diurnal butterflies natural preserves reserves landscapes Swallowtail butterflies nature reserves natural environments flying insects blooms Old World swallowtails blooming sceneries pterygote insects Common yellow swallowtails blossoming BRD Many-colored sun lights sits seated perched color Europe's NSG natural park landscape photograph landscape shot