Marbled White Butterfly - Melanargia galathea

            Often seen over open grasslands, meadows, woodland clearings and verges. Adults will cluster around nectar sources such as thistle, marjoram and knapweed. Females will often have a yellowish suffusion markings on the underside of the wings compared to the males black markings. This year this has to be one of the most numerous of all the butterflies that I can see in great numbers where I live considering that butterfly numbers are going down.
   

Taken on: July 19, 2021

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Marbled

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Melanargia

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Camera: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. PENTAX K-3 II, f/6.3, 1/50 sec, 90mm (=135mm), ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. PENTAX K-3 II
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.02 sec (1/50)
Focal Length:	90mm (35mm equivalent: 135mm)
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	-0.3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Windows Photo Editor 10.0.10011.16384
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