Butterflies
by sam_thanasis
In this album you can find photographs of butterflies mainly from northern Greece (Macedonia) and Crete. You can find the following species:
Lycaenidae family
-Polyommatus icarus (Common Blue)
-Polyommatus admetus (Anomalous Blue)
-Plebejus argus (Siliver-studded Blue)
-Cupido argiades (Short-tailed Blue)
-Leptotes pirithous (Lang's Short-tailed Blue)
-Lycaena ottomanus (Grecian Copper)
-Lycaena phlaeas (Small Copper)
-Celastrina argiolus (Holly Blue)
Nymphalidae family
-Vanessa cardui (Painted Lady)
-Coenonympha pamphilus (Small Heath)
-Coenonympha thyrsis (Cretan Small Heath - endemic in Crete)
-Pararge aegeria (Speckled Wood)
-Lasiommata megera (Wall Brown)
-Melitaea athalia (Heath Fritilary)
-Melitaea phoebe (Knapweed Fritilary)
-Argynnis paphia (Silver-washed Fritillary)
-Limenitis reducta (Southern White Admiral)
-Hyponephele lycaon (Dusky Meadow Brown)
Pieridae family
-Euchloe crameri (Western Dappled White)
-Colias croceus (Clouded Yellow)
-Pieris rapae (Small White)
Papilionidae family
-Papilio machaon (Old World Swallowtail)
-Zerynthia cretica (Cretan Festoon, endemic in Crete)
-Zerynthia polyxena (Southern Festoon)
Hesperiidae family
-Carcharodus alcaea (Mallow Skipper)
