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Coenonympha tullia, the large heath or common ringlet, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. [1] [2] It flies in a variety of grassy habitats, including roadsides, woodland edges and clearings, prairies, bogs, and arctic and alpine taiga and tundra. [2] It is a poor flyer, but can sometimes be found along ditches seeking new grounds.
Cethosia myrina, the violet lacewing [1] or brown accented butterfly, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the Indonesian islands of Sulawesi and Butung . The wingspan is about 75 mm.
Two ringlets. The ringlet is a widely distributed species found throughout much of the Palearctic realm.In Europe it is common in most countries but absent from northern Scandinavia, peninsular Italy (found in northern Italy), Portugal, southern and central Spain (found in Cantabrian Mountains and the eastern Pyrenees), the Mediterranean islands and North Africa.
Horaga albimacula, the violet onyx, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm. Subspecies H. a ...
Charaxes violetta, the violet-spotted emperor or violet-spotted charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa. [2] Species is double brooded from August to October and April to June. [3] Larvae feed on Blighia unijugata and Deinbollia species. [2] [3] In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
The forest ringlet caterpillar is nocturnal and feeds on "cutty grass" and bush snowgrass (Chionochloa) from spring to early autumn.Adults live for three or four weeks and are fast-flying, found in January and February in clearings or near forest edges, mainly in beech forest north of about Lewis Pass.
Adults mate and lay eggs in the spring on or in the near vicinity of violets. A common violet selected for oviposition is the marsh violet. Adult Boloria selene have been observed to fly in a brood once a year sometime in the summer. [9] Adult small pearl-bordered fritillaries feed on the following plants: Bramble; Thistle; Bugle (Ajuga reptans)
The silver-washed fritillary butterfly is deep orange with black spots on the upperside of its wings. It has a wingspan of 54–70 mm, with the male's being smaller and paler than the female's. The underside is green ( verdigris ) with a metallic gloss and broad silver bands which are partly curved, hence the name silver-washed.