Stage, early August 2025 in GermanyGermanyGermany

  • early August: Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)
    GermanyGermanyGermanyGermany /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_edc401.png rare, aestivating
    Brandenburg /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Berlin /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Bremen /PicturesNA/Misc/minus_2f2f2f.png extinct
    Baden-Württemberg /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Bavaria /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Hesse /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_ce0705.png very rare, aestivating
    Hamburg /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Mecklenburg-Vorpommern /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Lower Saxony /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    North Rhine-Westphalia /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_ce0705.png very rare, aestivating
    Rhineland-Palatinate /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_edc401.png rare, aestivating
    Schleswig-Holstein /PicturesNA/Misc/check_edc401.png rare
    Saarland /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Saxony /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Saxony Anhalt /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Thuringia /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
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    Butterfly (aestivating)

An Freyer's Purple Emperor (Apatura metis) at Nestos in the Greek Rhodopes

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An Freyer's Purple Emperor (Apatura metis) at Nestos in the Greek Rhodopes

Freyer's Purple Emperor (Apatura metis)Freyer's Purple EmperorApatura metis Freyer, 1829Freyer's Purple Emperor

An Freyer's Purple Emperor (Apatura metis) at Nestos in the Greek Rhodopes

This Freyer's Purple Emperor (Apatura metis) was found basking on a leaf in a cool, humid spot on the Nestos. A few Pallas' Sailer (Neptis sappho) were also flying in the same place.

Photograph: Ingo DanielsIngo Daniels; Rhodopen, /PicturesNA/Flags/gr.pngGreeceRhodopen, /PicturesNA/Flags/gr.pngGreece/PicturesNA/Flags/gr.pngGreece (22. June 2019, 12:58 PM)

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