David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital Video Images
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Butterflies 84 – Marbled Whites
MARBLED WHITE BUTTERFLY Melanargia
galathea
MARBLED WHITE BUTTERFLY Melanargia
galathea
MARBLED WHITE BUTTERFLY Melanargia
galathea
MARBLED WHITE BUTTERFLY Melanargia
galathea
MARBLED WHITE BUTTERFLY Melanargia
galathea
MARBLED WHITE BUTTERFLY Melanargia
galathea
MARBLED WHITE BUTTERFLY Melanargia
galathea
MARBLED WHITE BUTTERFLY Melanargia
galathea
MARBLED WHITE BUTTERFLY Melanargia
galathea
MARBLED WHITE BUTTERFLY Melanargia
galathea
MARBLED WHITE BUTTERFLY Melanargia
galathea
MARBLED WHITE BUTTERFLY Melanargia
galathea
MARBLED WHITE BUTTERFLY Melanargia
galathea
MARBLED
WHITE BUTTERFLY Melanargia galathea
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Despite the inference of the vernacular name, the
Marbled White Butterfly Melanargia galathea is a ‘Brown’ belonging to the large
family Satyridae and there is evidence
of ongoing range-expansion of these handsome insects in the UK from the
Southern counties. This distinctive species is associated with grassland and
flower meadows and the butterflies are often to be observed feeding on Knapweeds
Centaurea spp., Scabious Knautia
spp. and other brightly coloured members of the Compositae,
often providing extremely photogenic combinations when they do. There are no
confusion species in the UK, but several other Marbled Whites inhabit Europe,
particularly the Mediterranean countries, and in some cases their ranges may
overlap, particularly in Iberia where there may be some hybridisation. Their
common names (bar Esper’s M. russiae)
are prefixed by the geographical region in which they occur.
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