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Copyright: Rimantas Kisielius (rimas)
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| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2009-06-23 |
| Categories: Insects |
| Camera: Canon EOS 300 D, Canon EF 28-105 |
| Exposure: f/4.5, 1/1600 seconds |
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| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2009-09-24 5:20 |
| Viewed: 220 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Genus: Issoria
Family: Nymphalidae
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Wingspan: 40 – 50mmDistribution: Canary Islands, Madeira, North Africa, Southern, Central and Eastern Europe, Southern Sweden and Finland, Turkey. Not native in the UK and Ireland, but sometimes found as a migrant. In Europe from the coast up to 2500 meters above sea level. In the southern range of its distribution the species can be found from February to late autumn, in Central Europe from April to October in two to three generations.
The butterfly likes dry meadows, and all kinds of rocky or sandy sunny spots. |
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