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Araschnia levana


Araschnia levana
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Copyright: Siegfried Potrykus (siggi) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1380 W: 56 N: 4759] (16364)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-08
Categories: Insects
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-09-25 0:58
Viewed: 260
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 54
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Map (Araschnia levana) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is common throughout the lowlands of central and eastern Europe, and is expanding its range in western Europe.


Second (summer) generation individualIn the UK this species is a very rare vagrant, but there have also been several unsuccessful – and now illegal – attempts at introducing this species over the past 100 years or so: in the Wye Valley in 1912, the Wyre Forest in the 1920s, South Devon 1942, Worcester 1960s, Cheshire 1970s, South Midlands 1990s. All these introductions failed and eggs or larvae have never been recorded in the wild in the UK. (Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 it is now illegal to release a non-native species into the wild.)

The Map is unusual in that its two annual broods look very different. The summer brood are black with white markings, looking like a miniature version of the White Admiral and lacking most of the orange of the pictured spring brood.

The eggs are laid in long strings, one on top of the other, on the underside of stinging nettles, the larval foodplant. It is thought that these strings of eggs mimic the flowers of the nettles, thereby evading predators. The larvae feed gregariously and hibernate as pupae.
(Wikipedia)

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  • zetu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 652 W: 15 N: 1622] (6301)
  • [2009-09-25 0:59]

Hello Siegfried
Excellent work, great details and natural colors, perfect focus too.
Regards
Razvan

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1978 W: 6 N: 5527] (19673)
  • [2009-09-25 1:03]

Hi Siggi,impressive pic whit a fantastic sharpness,i never seen this butterfly live and your work is very very interesting.Perfect POV and natural colors too,thanks for share,have a nice day,LUCIANO

Czesc Siegfried! Wspanialy okaz, piekne makro, perfekcyjna ekspozycja, bardzo dobra ostrosc. Popisowa praca. Klaniam sie!

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  • joska Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 411 W: 0 N: 1023] (5522)
  • [2009-09-25 1:19]

Very good macro of this Butterfly with great details and colors!

Hi Siggi.
Fantastic colors and very good details...
Nice catch...Well done.
Leyla.

Slav Sîggî,
A wonderful macro shot with perfect sharpness,details and colors.The POV and composition are excellent.Thanks for sharing.
Best regards,

Dûrzan

Hi MF Siggi,

An awesome capture from top POV with great clarity and nice natural colours in a delightful composition.
TFS and have a nice WE MF!
Cheers,

Bayram

Hi,
Excellent viewpoint and fine exposure for this beautiful butterfly. tfs.
nagraj.v

Ciao Siegfried. Pefect unknown for me, Great compo and very good sharp. Well.done MF and TFS.

Roberto

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  • foozi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1339 W: 0 N: 2582] (9107)
  • [2009-09-25 6:37]

Hi Siegfried,
again a lovely full spreaded butterfly in great details.
Nice bokeh and good diagonal composition.
The colours ccontrast very well.

regards,
Foozi

Hello Siegfried, nice macro capture of this pretty butterfly.
TFS and regards,
Bahadır

Siggi
Wonderful colored capture, lovely details and light.
Horia

hello Siegfried
nice composition with good details
this butterfly is not so beautifyl the summer is long for this insect
greeting lou

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  • cloud Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 297 W: 71 N: 758] (4689)
  • [2009-09-25 8:11]

Witaj Siggi,
Konczy sie sezon na motyle a wielu z nas wyciaga fotki z archiwum.Podoba mi sie kompozycja motyla na lisciu pokrzywy z czystym ciemnozielonym BG.
Pozdrawiam, Pawel

Hello Siggi,

Excellent macro with beautiful coloration patterns, sharpness & fine details.

Great work & TFS.

Regards


Umar

A lovely shot with great sharpness and detail, Siggi!
Very well done!
Goldy

Hello Siegfried..
A good picture with nice background.. very well done..
TFS
Best regards
Özgür

Hello Siegfried,

a very nice image from a butterfly that I have been posted a few weeks ago.
Good pov, details and sharpness.
Fine colours.

Gert

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2916 W: 34 N: 8651] (32250)
  • [2009-09-25 12:41]

Hi Siegfried. Once again you have taken a fine close up of a this butterfly. You have taken this Map with sharp focusing and fine detail. Your POV show the markigs so well. .It stands out from the plain BG. well done TFS.
Nick.

Have a good weekend.

Witam Siggi!
Kolejny ciekawy gatunek motyla. Podoba mi sie compozycja i naturalne swiatlo. Dodatkowe punkty za notke z ciekawymi informacjami, nawet jesli wolalbym przeczytac cos o tym motylu z Niemiec (gdzie bylo zrobione zdjecie) a nie z UK :>
Pozdrawiam,
Radek

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2009-09-25 16:31]

Hi Siggi,

This Map is beautiful and I'm not sure if I have ever seen one before or not. The open winged position shows off the perfectly created and lovely wing markings. Colors and details are magnificent. It looks wonderful against the green leaf. A nicely composed scene.

Jane

Hi Siggi

Great capture of this common species
Excellent composition, sharpness, details, DOF and OOF background.

Chris

Deja descansar a tu cámara Siegfried :-)

Interesante especie poco vista por aquí. Delicada y especial coloración. Bonito trabajo.
Saludos.

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1169 W: 4 N: 3262] (14691)
  • [2009-09-26 22:51]

Hello Siggi, The butterfly seem to have been bitten by bird and the wings are torn. The open wings and its position is very much highlighted here. Well done Ganesh

Hello Siegfried
this is an amazing capture of this Map from the second generation, with crisp clear details on his wide open wings, his pose and the POV are perfect
I like the natural colors and the leaves in the BG
Have a great Sunday
Jacqueline

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2999 W: 162 N: 984] (2877)
  • [2009-09-27 9:52]

Hello Siegfried,
A very fine composition in beautiful colours. Great focus on the butterfly too showing fine details and colours. We saw plenty of the first generation here this year but hardly any of the second!
TFS and best wishes, Ulla

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1726 W: 0 N: 3927] (15770)
  • [2009-09-28 4:52]

Lieber Siegfried,
Ich hatte dieses feine Bild von Araschina levana verpasst. Ich hole somit nach. Ich schätze sehr die ausgewogene Komposition, die natürlichen Farben und die gute Bildschärfe. Und warte immer noch einmal diesem Schmetterling zu begegnen..
Herzlichen Dank und liebe Grüsse
Anne

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