Butterfly Parade

This year we have an abundance of butterflies. Wherever I look I see them dancing in the air or feeding on flowers. I love macrophotography and before I exploited my phone camera with extra macro lens a lot. Since I have bought my camera and telelens and being obsessed by the birds, I must admit I paid little to no attention to the bugs. However, recently I had several shots of diffirent butteflies and even though it is not a macro lens, some details are quite well captured.

Let me start with the newest photos from today.

Swallowtail

The swallowtail (Papilio machaon) in my language sounds like Big crescent. Swallowtail but suits perfectly when you look at the shape of the wings at the bottom.

I have seen this butterfly on several occasions but not having a chance for clear shot. Today it was my day as it stopped for a while next to me for seconds. Enough to click and get a decent photo.

While searching about the butterfly in internet, I found that it is depicted on a silver coin.

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Some years ago swallowtail landed on my balcony. It is rare event butterflies to come on the 7th floor. I may have to start growing plants that would attract the butterflies.

Now, the second one I found today is a moth.

Nine-spotted moth

The name of the moth clearly comes from the white spots on the wings, although the number of spots may vary. The latin name is Amata phegea.

If you see this moth you could not mistake to identify it. Apart from the white spots, the yellow ring on the abdomen and the white tips of the antennae are the features that can determine this is Nine-spotted moth.

Today we went to the pet shop to buy food for the cats and along the road one of these moths were flying above the tarmac completely oblivious about the cars. I could not make the photo then, but when we reached home, just round the corner another moth just landed on the dandelion, or what was left of it.

Yesterday I came across on what I think is

Mallow Skipper

If it is not and somebody can tell me what this butterfly is, despite the quality of the image not being the best, I will be much grateful.
But for now I will assume it is Mallow Skipper (Carcharodus alceae). Digging more about this butterfly, which name obviously comes from the plant mallow, I realized that the photo I took is of that same plant. So,definetely I have identified the butterfly correctly.

My next find again from yesterday is

Cabbage white or cabbage butterfly

And here it was photobombed by the hoverfly.

This is the most common butterfly I encounter every day. Pieris rapae is its Latin name. It may not be the most spectacular looking butterfly, but next photo I took some days ago after the rain and you can see the droplets on the grass.

And here is another beauty.

Red admiral

This photo was taken from anoter day, bright and sunny.

The butterfly with scientific name Vanessa atalanta is widespread in Europe, Asia and North America. I think I got some more photos from early spring and this is the first butterfly I saw when the winter was over.

Moving on with what I first thought of Cabbage white, but when it folds the wings they got these greenish pattern.

Eastern dappled white

This butterfly I think I haven't seen before. I was walking on the hill near my home in May. There the life was flourishing and the butterflies were everywhere.
Oh, not to forget its scientific name - Euchloe ausonia.

This green pattern is very good camouflage and I could almost miss to spot the butterfly.

Now move on to the next butterfly from the hill.

Meadow brown

I don't think I have seen it before. It was just a quick glimpse and single shot.
Meadow brown (Maniola jurtina) - again the name suggest where you can find it,but seems it is widespread and can be seen not just in meadows. I saw it on the hill.

And lastly

Clouded yellow

Another butterfly that I could easily miss, because of its colour. Latin name is Colias croceus. I have made some photos couple of years ago and when I was clearing my old photos, I almost delete them as I was mistaken that there is nothing spectacular on them. When looked carefully I saw that I actually photographed a butterfly. I am sure I have used these old photos before.

And that is the end of my post with butterfly parade. All latin names were taken from Wikipedia. Identification through Google Lens app.

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