Gatekeeper butterfly focus stacked using zerene

The macro focus worked very well here because of the whiteness/brightness of the butterfly wings. That allowed the camera software to compute the focal distance accurately.

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Papilio Polytes (Common Mormon)

11 days after pupating, a butterfly emerges! Last night, the second pupa died. It was hurt by the ants before I rescued it. Nothing I could have done. I haven't slept much, checking the pupa out, and even thinking I killed it when I sprinkled some water over it (believing that it might aid in its exit).

Let's celebrate, Berend and David! =)

Pulsatilla Vernalis con Callophrys rubi.

Ripresa in Val Viola Bormina. P.N.Stelvio.

Here's another of the wonderful butterflies from the exhibit at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences.

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Peacock butterfly

It was more than wonderful to capture this Ulysses Butterfly with it's wings open. They are such beautiful creatures.

the butterfly and ants are attracted by the sap from the plant

Horaga syrinx maenala (Ambon Onyx)

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This butterfly was sitting on some horse dung when I spotted it. I knelt down and waited for it to open its wings ,bearing the stink. Wyre Forest, Worc's

Red admiral butterflies on sedum in the neighbour's garden. Strong natural light

Had just sprayed these camelia leaves with some sugar/honey mix when this red admiral butterfly came down to feed on it.

Long-tailed Blue butterfly

Black swallowtail caterpiller

Comma butterfly taken at 4:1 FF

Holly blue butterfly closeup. Taken at 3:1 FF

鳳蝶科 Papilionidae

臺灣麝香鳳蝶 (長尾麝鳳蝶) Byasa impediens febanus

What a difficult to choose the right path!!!

Thật là khó khăn để chọn con đường đúng!!

Beberapa saat setelah keluar dari kepompong, belum bisa terbang jauh

Mating speckled wood butterflies

Saw at a park of Taiwan

Holly blue butterfly on variagated holly. First shot of the year of one of these - fairly rare to get an open wing shot of one of these.

This butterfly was flapping round my bedroom. I have no idea what it's doing awake at this time of year - it should have hibernated in October!

I managed to capture it with a torch and transfer it to a light tent to photograph it.

Strobist info: Canon 430EX @ 1/8th on one side, Metz 60 CT-4 @ 1/8th on the other.

Metz on sync lead, 430 on Ultraslave.

Canon EOS 30D with Canon EF50 f/2.5 macro.

On one stone wall on Herm island, there are lots of these pink flowers (valerian?) with clouds of moths and butterflies. I chased them up and down the wall with my phone trying to get a look at them and take some pics, but they never stop moving. Phone pic with clip on macro lens.

Saw at a hillside of Hong Kong

Small white butterfly on valerian