Photo taken near Lausanne, Switzerland

Flutter Bys in spring.

Butterfly Pavilion, Westminster, Colorado

Photo taken near Lausanne, Switzerland

Photo taken in the butterfly house at London Zoo. Temperature was 31 degrees in there. Welcome respite from the frosty day outside.

Monarch Butterfly on Butterfly Bush, Butterfly Pavilion Demonstration Garden, Westminster, Colorado

The monarch butterfly or simply monarch is a milkweed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Other common names depending on region include milkweed, common tiger, wanderer, and black veined brown. Wikipedia

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December 1, 2016

Photo taken near Lausanne, Switzerland

Do let me know if you know the name of this one

Photo taken near Vallorbe, Switzerland

EOS 5D Mark II © 2014 Klaus Ficker. Photos are copyrighted. All rights reserved. Pictures can not be used without explicit permission by the creator.

Gelbwürfelige Dickkopffalter (Carterocephalus palaemon)

Photo taken near Lausanne, Switzerland

Photo taken in Pont-de-Nant, Switzerland

Photo taken in Lausanne region, Switzerland

Großer Kohlweißling (Pieris brassicae)

Canon EOS 5DS R

TAMRON SP 90mm F/2.8 Di VC USD MACRO1:1 F017

ƒ/16.0 90.0 mm 1/80 400

Butterfly World, Coconut Creek, Florida.

Photo taken near Lausanne, Switzerland

The southern subspecies of these butterflies (Precis octavia sesamus) is found from the border region of the Eastern and Western Cape in South Africa and along the eastern side of South Africa to Swaziland, Mozambique, Tanzania and Kenya.

This one is right out of the camera....

Butterfly World, Coconut Creek, Florida.

Photo taken near Lausanne, Switzerland

butterfly on a flower

Butterfly Pavilion, Westminster, Colorado

Gonepteryx rhamni

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Not able to go out lately, here are a couple more photos from my last visit

Photo taken near Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Photo taken near Lausanne, Switzerland

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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

180mm

ƒ/13.0 180.0 mm 1/160 2000

Photo taken near Lausanne, Switzerland

Chicago Botanic Garden

Photo taken in Lausanne region, Switzerland

Machaon

Swallowtail

In the silence of colors when no one's around,

and the light slowly fading, is my favorite sound.

I light on a leaf to settle my wings,

because they are delicate, and sensitive things.

Now I wait in the darkness no matter how long,

till I feel the vibrations, of the birds morning song.

Ps. Butterflies have no ears, so they sense the vibrations

in the air, with their wings.

Chestnut tiger butterfly