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Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo)

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Apollo butterfly caterpillar

© Duncan Usher / www.ardea.com
Apollo butterfly caterpillar, curled

© Zdenek Hanc
Apollo butterfly resting on leaf

© John Woolmer / gettyimages.com
Apollo butterfly

© Jean E. Roche / naturepl.com
Close up of eye pattern on wing of apollo butterfly

© Stephen Dalton / naturepl.com
Apollo butterfly wing detail

© Berndt Fischer / Biosphoto
Apollo butterfly

© Jean E. Roche / naturepl.com
Apollo butterfly, anterior view

© Zdenek Hanc
Apollo butterfly close up

© Ghislain Simard / Biosphoto
Apollo butterfly with wings closed, gathering nectar

© Jan Van Der Voort
Apollo butterfly in flight

© Ghislain Simard / Biosphoto
Apollo butterfly

© Jordi Bas Casas / www.photoshot.com
Apollo butterfly wing detail

© Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / naturepl.com
Apollo butterfly on thistle

© Alex Hyde
Apollo butterfly feeding

© Inaki Relanzon / Auscape International
Male Apollo butterfly perched on lavender head

© John Woolmer / gettyimages.com
Apollo butterfly on rock

© Alan Barnes / www.photoshot.com
Apollo butterfly gathering nectar

© Frédéric Pawlowski / Biosphoto
Apollo butterfly on plantain, in meadow

© Geoff Dore / naturepl.com
Apollo butterfly

© Geoff Dore / naturepl.com
Coupling of Apollo butterfly pair

© Gilles Martin / Biosphoto
Apollo butterflies mating

© Jean-François Noblet / Biosphoto
Apollo butterfly pair mating on thistle

© Ian Beames / www.ardea.com
Apollo butterfly pair feeding

© Johan de Meester / www.ardea.com
Apollo butterfly in habitat

© Alex Hyde
Apollo butterfly in habitat

© A. Cambone, R. Isotti / Homo ambiens
Apollo butterfly habitat

© Andrey Zvoznikov / www.ardea.com

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