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Queen of Spain Fritillary / Srebreno pisana sedefica

Issoria lathonia

Photo by injica
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Field Notes

Description:

The adult is a strong flyer, and may be found anywhere but forests.
Flight time is between March and October, size is between 38 mm and 46 mm, and is usually found at altitudes between sea level and 2700 m.

Habitat:

It occurs throughout the Palaearctic from North Africa to Japan. It is distinctly migratory in Western Europe, in Central and South Europe - all Italy, reaching almost as far north as the Arctic Circle; however, it is resident in southern Sweden and Finland, and on the coastal sand dunes of the Netherlands.

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Queen of Spain Fritillary

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Comments (7)
injica
Ursula@ ne nije mrtav ;) just in bad mood, probably sleepy! Tnx Tina, the Croatian name is even better Silver- written Mother of Pearl :)
Ursula
is this butterfly dead?
Tiz
Beautiful name and butterfly!
injica
ja zato sve to ne mogu ja nagovorim druge s opremom ;D :P
Jopy
da,da znam da se to ne može uslikati,, imala sam hrpu pokušaja dok sam radila rad...podsjetio me na mog Limentitis reducta, a i danas u paklenici dan si truda oko leptira i na kraju pola ga fali, pa u potragu za novim :(
injica
aha :) nikako da uhvatim srebreno, ali kaže fotograf da je to samo varka jer smo binokularni ;) i jesi primijetila da je ovaj živ, ali iskomiran, aaaa uvijek nekako faličnog nađem ;D
Jopy
ova ima najljepšu donju stranu krila...

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European Butterflies and Moths
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Wildlife of Adriatic Coast
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Butterflies and Moths of Croatia

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PublishedJuly 17, 2013

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