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Even more beautiful butterflies! Spot these 20 stunners dancing on air in Malta
Keep your eyes peeled!

Melanie Drury

Common Yellow Swallowtail

Wikimedia Commons/Entomolo (Common Swallowtail)

There are so many beautiful butterflies in Malta! We've already had a look at some of them, but let's move on to more of these wonderful creatures.

From the Nymphalidae family of butterflies

African Queen or Plain Tiger (Danaus Chrysippus)

African Queen or Plain Tiger (Danaus Chrysippus)

Wikimedia Commons/Jeevan Jose © 2010 Jee & Rani Nature Photography

Blackleg Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis Polychloros)

Blackleg Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis Polychloros)

Wikimedia Commons/Hectonichus

Comma (Polygonia C-Album)

Comma (Polygonia C-Album)

Wikimedia Commons/Quartl

European Peacock (Aglais Io)

European Peacock (Aglais Io)

Wikimedia Commons/Charles J Sharp

Gatekeeper or Hedge Brown (Pyronia Tithonus)

Gatekeeper or Hedge Brown (Pyronia Tithonus)

Wikimedia Commons/Charles J Sharp

Glanville Fritillary (Melitaea Cinxia)

Glanville Fritillary (Melitaea Cinxia)

Wikimedia Commons/Gilles San Martin

Large Wall Brown (Lasiommata Maera)

Large Wall Brown (Lasiommata Maera)

Wikimedia Commons/Hectonichus

Meadow Brown (Maniola Jurtina)

Meadow Brown (Maniola Jurtina)

Wikimedia Commons/Charles J Sharp

Painted Lady (Vanessa Cardui)

Painted Lady (Vanessa Cardui)

Wikimedia Commons/Jean-Pol Grandmont

Red Admiral (Vanessa Atalanta)

Red Admiral (Vanessa Atalanta)

Wikimedia Commons/Thomas Bresson

Sicilian Grayling (Hipparchia Blachieri)

Sicilian Grayling (Hipparchia Blachieri)

Leps.it/Marco Bonifacino

Small Heath (Coenonympha Pamphilus)

Small Heath (Coenonympha Pamphilus)

Wikimedia Commons/Charles J Sharp

Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais Urticae)

Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais Urticae)

Wikimedia Commons/Jörg Hempel

Southern Comma (Polygonia Egea)

Southern Comma (Polygonia Egea)

Wikimedia Commons/Simon J. Tonge

Speckled Wood (Pararge Aegeria), male

Speckled Wood (Pararge Aegeria) male

Wikimedia Commons/Charles J Sharp

Spotted Fritillary or Red-Band Fritillary (Melitaea Didyma)

Spotted Fritillary or Red-Band Fritillary (Melitaea Didyma)

Wikimedia Commons/Charles J Sharp

Wall Brown (Lasiommata Megera)

Wall Brown (Lasiommata Megera)

Wikimedia Commons/Jörg Hempel

Weaver's Fritillary or Violet Fritillary (Boloria Dia)

Weaver

Wikimedia Commons/Hectonichus

From the Papilionidae family of butterflies

Common Yellow Swallowtail or Old World Swallowtail (Papilio Machaon ssp. Melitensis)

Common Yellow Swallowtail or Old World Swallowtail (Papilio Machaon)

Wikimedia Commons/Zeynel Cebeci

Scarce Swallowtail or Sail Swallowtail (Iphiclides Podalirius)

Scarce Swallowtail or Sail Swallowtail (Iphiclides Podalirius)

Wikimedia Commons/Tbc

Which of these butterflies have you seen lately? 

25th April 2019


Melanie Drury
Written by
Melanie Drury
Melanie was born and raised in Malta and has spent a large chunk of her life travelling solo around the world. Back on the island with a new outlook, she realised just how much wealth her little island home possesses.

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