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Issoria lathonia

The Queen of Spain fritillary (Issoria lathonia) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae..Issoria lathonia is a medium-sized butterfly with a wingspan of 38–46 millimetres (1.5–1.8 in).The wings show a deep orange-violet background, with rounded black spots arranged in regular rows and suffused with greenish gray in the females. The underside of the hindwings is decorated with large pearly nacreous spots and it is crossed by a postdiscal row of black eyespots with pearly pupils. Some pearly spots also appear at the apex of the forewings

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Uploaded on July 23, 2020
Taken on July 17, 2020