Stage, early May 2025 in GermanyGermanyGermany

  • early May: Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)
    GermanyGermanyGermanyGermany /PicturesNA/Misc/check_edc401.png rare
    Brandenburg /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Berlin /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
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    Baden-Württemberg /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Bavaria /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Hesse /PicturesNA/Misc/check_ce0705.png very rare
    Hamburg /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Mecklenburg-Vorpommern /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Lower Saxony /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    North Rhine-Westphalia /PicturesNA/Misc/check_ce0705.png very rare
    Rhineland-Palatinate /PicturesNA/Misc/check_edc401.png rare
    Schleswig-Holstein /PicturesNA/Misc/check_edc401.png rare
    Saarland /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Saxony /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Saxony Anhalt /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Thuringia /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
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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

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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)