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)
Plain Tiger or African monarch butterfly with wings fully open.
A very beautiful butterfly was on Greek Island of Astypalea. (Jun20)
Plain Tiger or African monarch butterfly.
This butterfly was more damaged but also seen on the Greek island of Astypalea. (July24)
Bath white butterfly.
Butterfly on some wild flowers on Greek Island ot Astypalea. (July24)
Painted Lady in a garden
A beautiful specimen of a Painted Lady on the Greek Island of Samos. (Oct25)
A Red Admiral butterfly
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 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 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)
Two-tailed Pasha butterfly.
This extraordinary creature was in the southeast of the Greek Island of Samos. (Oct18)
A Meadow Brown butterfly.
This Meadow Brown was deep in a garden flowerbed. (Sept23)
Speckled Wood butterfly.
This butterfly has found some new shoots in Southwark Park. (May24)
A Swallowtail butterfly
A Swallowtail sitting on some flowering bracts of bougainvillea. (Jun18)