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The Cardinal Argynnis pandora (Nymphalidae) |
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The hindwing is pale green with silver stripes. |
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The ground colour of upperwings is buffish orange with an extensive greenish suffusion.. |
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Similar to the Silver-washed Fritillary, but with more pronounced wing markings. |
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It's wing span is 7-8cm, and flight period from May -July. |
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| The Queen Of Spain Fritillary Issoria lathonia (Nymphalidae) |
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Orange ground colour with bold black spots. The large silvery spots on the hindwing underside are unique to this species. |
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The wing span is 4,2cm, and flight period from Febuary to October. |
16 comments:
beautiful! i like that greenish tone.
Beautiful pictures.
geweldig mooi.
Chego aqui e fico simplesmente
extasiada com as suas fotografias.
Fantásticas!!!
Desejo que esteja bem.
Irene Alves
Great pictures. I was lucky enough to see both of these species this year in Spain. I didn't manage to get such good pictures though!
nice moth
Wow, Wow; what magnificent pictures of Cardinal Argynnis pandora♡♡♡ They are so BEAUTIFUL with flowers, Sonija Truly breathtaking(^_^)ｖ
And I also LOVE the way you explained about the butterfly. I never knew the word 'buff' has the meaning of light yellow and loved to read the suffusion which really fits for description. Haha, I only knew 'pronounce' in the sense of sound.
Thank you very much for the GORGEOUS pictures and learning.
Sending you Lots of Love and Hugs from Japan, xoxo Miyako*
These are beautiful and interesting specimens. Some I have not seen before.
You certaintly have very important and beautiful visitors!!!! love Sue
I love the sharpness, and as usual, the colors.
Están preciosas. Saludos.
These are such splendid pictures - butterflies are wonderful to watch, and often hard to photograph!
Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
I was dissapointed I thought you had met the Queen. Mind you, the photo's are fit for a queen. Beautiful.
Outstanding butterfly images, the first is my favourite, absolutely superb.
Awesome shots of the butterflies!
Hi Sonjia!
As an exception to the rule, in this case cardinal and queen make a most fitting match...
With a hug
Vitor
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