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)
Wikimedia Commons/Jeevan Jose © 2010 Jee & Rani Nature Photography
Blackleg Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis Polychloros)
Wikimedia Commons/Hectonichus
Comma (Polygonia C-Album)
Wikimedia Commons/Quartl
European Peacock (Aglais Io)
Wikimedia Commons/Charles J Sharp
Gatekeeper or Hedge Brown (Pyronia Tithonus)
Wikimedia Commons/Charles J Sharp
Glanville Fritillary (Melitaea Cinxia)
Wikimedia Commons/Gilles San Martin
Large Wall Brown (Lasiommata Maera)
Wikimedia Commons/Hectonichus
Meadow Brown (Maniola Jurtina)
Wikimedia Commons/Charles J Sharp
Painted Lady (Vanessa Cardui)
Wikimedia Commons/Jean-Pol Grandmont
Red Admiral (Vanessa Atalanta)
Wikimedia Commons/Thomas Bresson
Sicilian Grayling (Hipparchia Blachieri)
Leps.it/Marco Bonifacino
Small Heath (Coenonympha Pamphilus)
Wikimedia Commons/Charles J Sharp
Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais Urticae)
Wikimedia Commons/Jörg Hempel
Southern Comma (Polygonia Egea)
Wikimedia Commons/Simon J. Tonge
Speckled Wood (Pararge Aegeria), male
Wikimedia Commons/Charles J Sharp
Spotted Fritillary or Red-Band Fritillary (Melitaea Didyma)
Wikimedia Commons/Charles J Sharp
Wall Brown (Lasiommata Megera)
Wikimedia Commons/Jörg Hempel
Weaver's Fritillary or Violet Fritillary (Boloria Dia)
Wikimedia Commons/Hectonichus
From the Papilionidae family of butterflies
Common Yellow Swallowtail or Old World Swallowtail (Papilio Machaon ssp. Melitensis)
Wikimedia Commons/Zeynel Cebeci
Scarce Swallowtail or Sail Swallowtail (Iphiclides Podalirius)
Wikimedia Commons/Tbc
Which of these butterflies have you seen lately?