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11 Jul 2009

broken wings

There's some heavy damage as you can see; still it didn't prevent this one from flying:

There's only slight damage on this one's wings:

And finally, one without any damage at all:

The species is Argynnis paphia (Kaisermantel, Silver-washed Fritillary) and it isn't a rare one; an eye-catcher nevertheless because this butterfly is huge, for European species. All three by the way are males: females do not have that four dark, straight lines on the first pair of wings - the scent scales with which males are emitting a scent that attracts females.