Stage, Mid October 2025 in GermanyGermanyGermany

  • Mid October: Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)
    GermanyGermanyGermanyGermany /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_edc401.png rare, hibernating
    Brandenburg /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Berlin /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Bremen /PicturesNA/Misc/minus_2f2f2f.png extinct
    Baden-Württemberg /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Bavaria /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Hesse /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_ce0705.png very rare, hibernating
    Hamburg /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Mecklenburg-Vorpommern /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Lower Saxony /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    North Rhine-Westphalia /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_ce0705.png very rare, hibernating
    Rhineland-Palatinate /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_edc401.png rare, hibernating
    Schleswig-Holstein /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_edc401.png rare, hibernating
    Saarland /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Saxony /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Saxony Anhalt /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Thuringia /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
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    Butterfly (hibernating)

Lesser Purple Emperor (Apatura ilia) f. clytie in Bonn-Oberkassel

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Lesser Purple Emperor (Apatura ilia) f. clytie in Bonn-Oberkassel

Lesser Purple Emperor (Apatura ilia)Lesser Purple EmperorApatura ilia (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)Lesser Purple Emperor

Lesser Purple Emperor (Apatura ilia) f. clytie in Bonn-Oberkassel

[Male]

This was the first time I had come across an Lesser Purple Emperor (Apatura ilia) in Bonn. The beautiful meadow in Bonn on the right bank of the Rhine is often used by Oberkassel dog owners as a "dog litter tray". The butterfly of the rarer reddish variety (f. clytie) was delighted: it sucked on a dried piece of dog faeces for a long time. Occasionally it flew up and did a few laps. Sometimes with a stopover to sunbathe on a single large shrub.

Photograph: Ingo DanielsIngo Daniels; Bonn, /PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermanyBonn, /PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermany/PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermany (20. June 2020, 01:16 PM)

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