Butterflies & other insects Gallery

Swallowtailed Moth, Ourapteryx sambucaria

Swallowtailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria) - in flight, night Order Lepidoptera, Family Geometridae, forest edges, woods, gardens, scrub and parks across Europe

Animal, Arthropod, Arthropoda, Critter, Ecoscene, Environment Flight, Flying, Flying Insect, High Speed Photographic Technique, Insect, Invertebrate, Jointed Leg, Minibeast, Motion, Movement, Wing, Wings

Southern Festoon, Zerynthia polyxena

Southern Festoon (Zerynthia polyxena) - in flight, high speed photographic technique, Europe wing Order Lepidoptera, Family Papilionidae, european, found in hot dry grassy places, Mediterranean species that can be found in small pockets as far north as Slovakia, colourful pattern

Animal, Arthropod, Arthropoda, Critter, Ecoscene, Environment Flight, Flight, Fly Insect, Flying, Flying Insect, Invertebrate, Jointed Leg, Minibeast, Motion, Movement, Open, Wing, Wings

Orange Tip Butterfly, Anthocharis cardamines

Orange Tip Butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) - adult male in flight over crocus flowers, females lack the oragne tip
Order Lepidoptera, Family Pieridae, wings closed showing patter on underside of wing, antennae, compound eye, hairy body, spring, hedgerows, gardens, damp meadows and woodland margins, high speed photographic technique, flying