Caption

A checkerboard butterfly (Melanargia galathea) perched on a prostrate knapweed (Centaurea jacea), Satyrinae, Kreuzbühl nature park Reserve, Messkirch, Upper Danube Nature Park, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date

Jun 27, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Wolfgang Veeser

Reference

BRK26H85_464

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

111.9Mb (37.3Mb) / 25.5in x 17.0in / 7658 x 5108 (300dpi)

Keywords

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