Description: Araschnia burejana f. fallax (male/female) John Henry Leech - Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea - Plate 26. Date: 1892-94. Source: https://archive.org/details/butterfliesfromc03leecrich. Author: John Henry Leech - Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea.
Description: Araschnia burejana (male from China) John Henry Leech - Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea - Plate 26. Date: 1892-94. Source: https://archive.org/details/butterfliesfromc03leecrich. Author: John Henry Leech - Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea.
Description: Araschnia John Henry Leech - Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea - Plate 26. Date: 1892-94. Source: https://archive.org/details/butterfliesfromc03leecrich. Author: John Henry Leech - Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea.
2009.08.08: Austria, Vienna XXII. district, 150 m AMSL: heath (Lobau Heisslnde): summer generation.Likes to keep wings closed when sitting and only opens them occasionally; this is one of eight shots where I managed to catch the wings open.Flying from april till august; the dimorphic spring and summer generation easily can be identified as butterflies of the same species by the underside of its wings.Not uncommon in its habitat.German name: Landkrtchen.ID: Buckeye
2009.08.08: Austria, Vienna XXII. district, 150 m AMSL: heath (Lobau Heisslnde): summer generation.Likes to keep wings closed when sitting and only opens them occasionally; this is one of eight shots where I managed to catch the wings open.Flying from april till august; the first (spring) generation is brownish/red with black on the upper side while the summer generation is mostly black, with a prominent white and a slight orange band as you can see here.Not uncommon in its habitat.German name: Landkrtchen.ID: Buckeye