Over the years I have taken pictures of butterflies when I happen to see them in UK or Greece. I have no particular knowledge of butterflies; just an interest in photographing them. They are extraordinary creatures.
A Swallowtail on a garden flower
Swallowtail butterfly sitting on a garden flower, showing its red eyespot. (Oct19)
Another Swallowtail
Swallowtail butterfly in front of the Patras Archaeological Museum. (Ap24)
Peacock butterfly on wallflowers 1
A peacock butterfly with wide open wings. (Ap20)
Peacock butterfly on wallflowers 2
Peacock butterfly on wallflowers with wings closed. (Ap20)
A very beautiful but unidentified butterfly
A very beautiful butterfly on Greek Island of Astypalea. It may be called a Yellow Monarch or Plain Tiger. (Jun20)
A Red Admiral butterfly with wings closed, sitting on a window c
A Red Admiral butterfly with wings closed, sitting on a window cill. (Jul23)
A Red Admiral butterfly
A Red Admiral butterfly, in all its beauty, settles on a garden wall. (Aug12)
A Large Wall Brown butterfly
This Large Wall Brown was on the steps to Diagoras Square in the ancient Roman Western Extension in Kos town. (Mar03)
Painted Lady butterfly
This Painted Lady was one of many in a garden in Samos, Greece. (Oct14)
A Comma butterfly on aubrietia
The Comma gets its name from a small, white comma-shaped marking on the underside of it wing. This beauty was happy to sit and show off the colours on the upper side of its wings. (Ap18)
A Swallowtail butterfly
A Swallowtail sitting on some flowering bracts of bougainvillea. (Jun18)
A Meadow Brown butterfly.
This Meadow Brown was deep in a garden flowerbed. (Sept23)