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Butterflies in Japan
Choaspes benjaminii japonica resting
Aeromachus inachus inachus resting
Aeromachus inachus inachus mating
Choaspes benjaminii japonica flying (co-rotating)
Parnara guttata guttata resting at Nakano in Tokyo
Parnara guttata guttata and the other are sucking
Parnara guttata guttata courting
Parnara guttata guttata is sucking nectar
Parnara guttata guttata
Parnara guttata guttata a traffic accident
Parnara guttata guttata
Suastus gremius resting
Daimio tethys tethys resting
Polytremis pellucida sacking
Polytremis pellucida pellucida
Hasora chromus sucking
Potanthus flavus flavus resting
Bibasis aquilina chrysaeglia sucking
Bibasis aquijina chrysaeglia sucking water
Bibasis aquijina chrysaeglia resting
Bibasis aquilina chrysaeglia
Potanthus flavus flavus
Leptalina unicolor resting
Leptalina unicolor sucking
Ochlodes ochraceus sucking
Thoressa varia sucking on a dead frog
Thoressa varia sucking
Thoressa varia sucking
Suastus gremius resting
Thymelicus leoninus flying
Thymelicus leoninus leoninus resting
Thymelicus leoninus leoninus watching his territory
Carterocephalus palaemon resting
Carterocephalus palaemon
Carterocephalus palaemon sucking
Pelopidas mathias oberthueri sucking
Pelopidas mathias sucking
Pelopidas mathias oberthueri on the front glass of my car
Pyrgus maculatus maculatus sucking
Pyrgus maculatus resting
Pyrgus maculatus sucking
Pyrgus maculatus maculatus egging
Pyrgus maculatus sucking
Pyrgus maculatus maculatus resting
Pyrgus maculatus sucking
Pyrgus maculatus maculatus resting
Pyrgus maculatus maculatus
Erynnis montanus montanus resting
Erynnis montanus montanus sucking
Erynnis montanus montanus
Erynnis montanus sucking on a cherry tree
Erynnis montanus montanus resting
Erynnis montanus montanus
Polytremis pellucida pellucida sucking
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Graphium sarpedon sucking
Parnassius eversmanni daisetsuzanus resting
Parnassius eversmanni daisetsuzanus flying
Parnassius eversmanni daisetsuzanus mating
Parnassius eversmanni daisetsuzanus egging
Parnassius citrinarius resting
Parnassius citrinarius flying
Parnassius citrinarius sucking
Parnassius citrinarius flying
Parnassius citrinarius
Parnassius citrinarius
Parnassius stubbendorfii hoenei sucking
Luehdorfia japonica resting
Luehdorfia japonica egging
Luehdorfia japonica resting
Luehdorfia puziloi sucking
Luehdorfia puziloi flying
Luehdorfia puziloi sucking
Luehdorfia puziloi sucking
Luehdorfia puziloi sucking
Luehdorfia puziloi flying
Luehdorfia puziloi flying
Luehdorfia puziloi sucking
Luehdorfia puziloi sucking
Luehdorfia puziloi flying
Luehdorfia puziloi flying
Luehdorfia puziloi sucking
Luehdorfia puziloi mating
Luehdorfia puziloi mating
Luehdorfia puziloi sucking
Luehdorfia puziloi egging
Luehdorfia puziloi sucking
Luehdorfia puziloi sucking
Luehdorfia puziloi
Luehdorfia puziloi is laying eggs.
Eggs of Luehdorfia puziloi
Papilio bianor resting
Papilio maackii hatching
Papilio maackii flight
>Papilio maackii sucking
Papilio maackii resting
Papilio maackii
Papilio macilentus sucking
Papilio protenor sucking at Nakano in Tokyo
Papilio machaon hippocrates sucking
Papilio machaon hippocrates flight
Papilio machaon hippocrates egging
Papilio machaon hippocrates fight
Papilio machaon hippocrates sucking on a cherry tree
Papilio machaon hippocrates
A group of butterflies absorb water on a carcass of monkey.
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Catopsilia pomona sucking
Catopsilia pyranthe resting
Aporia crataegi adherbal sucking
Aporia crataegi adherbal sucking
Pieris nesis sucking
Pieris napi pseudonapi sucking
Artogeia napi
Artogeia napi
Pieris brassicae resting
Anthocharis scolymus sucking
Anthocharis scolymus flying
Anthocharis scolymus attacking
Eurema laeta sucking
Eurema laeta sleeping
Eurema laeta betheseba resting
Eurema laeta betheseba fighting
Hebomoia glaucippe liukiuensis sucking
Hebomoia glaucippe liukiuensis sucking
Anthocharis cardamines sucking
Anthocharis cardamines sucking
Eurema hecabe hecabe sucking
Eurema hecabe hecabe sucking
Eurema hecabe hecabe sucking
Eurema hecabe hecabe Pairing
Artogeia melete
Artogeia melete a pupa
Artogeia melete
Artogeia melete sucking
Appias paulina sucking
Gonepteryx rhamni maxima flying male and female
Gonepteryx aspasia resting
Gonepteryx aspasia niphonica egging
Gonepteryx aspasia niphonica coupling
Gonepteryx aspasia niphonica take the sun
Gonepteryx aspasia niphonica sacking
Gonepteryx aspasia niphonica sucking
Gonepteryx aspasia niphonica
Gonepteryx aspasia niphonica , and other
Gonepteryx aspasia niphonica
Gonepteryx aspasia niphonica sucking
Gonepteryx rhamni maxima sucking
Gonepteryx rhamni sucking
Gonepteryx rhamni maxima sucking
Aporia hippia japonica a traffic accident
Aporia hippia japonica sucking
Aporia hippia japonica flying
Colias palaeno sucking
Colias palaeno sucking together
Colias palaeno egging
Colias palaeno a egg
Colias erate poliographus flying 4
Colias erate poliographus courting
Colias erate poliographus flying
Colias erate poliographus
Colias erate poliographus
Mating of Colias erate poliographus
Artogeia rapae crucivora coupling at Nakano in Tokyo
Artogeia rapae crucivora sucking
Artogeia rapae crucivora
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Precis orithya resting
Clossiana freija asahidakeana resting
Vanessa indica indica sucking on a dead snake
Vanessa indica sucking
Vanessa indica sucking
Vanessa indica sacking
Vanessa indica indica
Cyrestis thyodamas sucking
Cyrestis thyodamas mabella resting
Kaniska canace watching on the snow
The last stage larva of Kaniska canace
Nymphalis vaualbum samurai sucking
Nymphalis vaualbum samurai sucking
Nymphalis vaualbum samurairesting
Nymphalia vaualbum samurai sucking
Nymphalis vaualbum samurai sucking
Nymphalis vaualbum samurai in my car
Nymphalis vaualbum samurai sucking
Nymphalis vaualbum samurai on a walnut stump
Limenitis populi jezoensis sucking
Limenitis populi jezoensis sucking my shoe
Limenitis populi jezoensis
Limenitis populi jezoensis on my finger
Limenitis populi jezoensis
Limenitis populi jezoensis flying
Sasakia charonda charonda sucking on toadstool
Sasakia charonda was caught by window screen
Sasakia charonda charonda flying
Sasakia charonda charonda
Polygonia c-album hamigera resting on the snow
Polygonia c-album hamigera resting
Polygonia c-album hamigera sucking
Polygonia c-album hamigera sucking
Polygonia c-album hamigera resting on the snow
Polygonia c-album hamigera sacking.
Polygonia c-album hamigera resting
Polygonia c-album hamigera sucking
Polygonia c-album hamigera sucking
Polygonia c-album hamigera resting
Polygonia c-album hamigera sucking
Polygonia c-aureum take the sun
Polygonia c-aureum sucking
Nymphalis antiopa flying
Nymphalis antiopa fly away
Nymohalis antiopa asopos resting on the snow
Nymphalis antiopa asopos resting on the snow
Nymphalis antiopa asopos resting
Nymphalis antiopa asopos resting
Nymphalis antiopa asopos resting
Nymphalis antiopa asopos sucking
Nymphalis antiopa asopos
resting
Nymphalis antiopa asopos resting
Nymphalis antiopa asopos sucking
Nymphalis antiopa asopos sucking
Nymphalis antiopa asopos low-flying
Nymphalis antiopa asopos is on my hand
Nymphalia antiopa asopos sucking
Nymphalis antiopa asopos
Four kind of Apatura metis substituta
Inachis io geisha resting on the snow
Inachis io geisha sucking
Inachis io geisha courting
Inachis io geisharesting
Inachis io geisha sun-bathing
Inachis io geisha sucking
Inachis io geisha a larva
Inachis io geisha sucking
Inachis io geisha watching
Inachis io geisha sucking
Inachis io geisha Sucking
Inachis io geisha
A close shot of Apatura metis substituta
Apatura metis substituta resting
Apatura metis substituta
Araschnia burejana resting
Araschnia burejana sucking
Araschnia burejana resting
Araschnia burejana sacking
Dichorragia nesimachus resting
Dichorragia nesimachus
Dichorragia nesimachus sucking from a concrete wall
Nymphalis xanthomelas japonica sucking
Nymphalis xanthomelas japonica sucking
Nymphalis xanthomelas japonica sun-bathing
Nymphalis xanthomelas japonica
Two kind of butterflies are basking in the sun.
Nymphalis xanthomelas Japonica in a summer resort
Cynthia cardui resting
Kaniska canace sucking
Kaniska canase sucking on the snow
Kaniska canace is sucking from Stachyurus praecox
Kaniska canace
Fabriciana adippe pallescens sucking
Brenthis ino resting
Mellicta britomartis niphona
Argynnis paphia tsushimana sacking
Argynnis paphia tsushimana mating
Argyronome ruslana sucking
Argyreus hyperbius hyperbius sucking
Limenitis camilla japonica resting
Neptis pryeri pryeri
Neptis rivularis sucking
Neptis rivularis
Clossiana thore jezoensis sucking
Neptis sappho intermedia resting at Nakano in Tokyo
Neptis sappho intermedia sacking
Neptis sappho intermedia resting
Neptis hylas sucking
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Libythea lepita resting
Libythea celtis resting
Libythea celtis resting
Libythea celtis resting
Libythea celtis resting
Libythea celtis sucking
Libythea celtis sleeping
Libythea celtis
Libythea celtis sucking
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Oeneis melissa daisetsuzana resting
Oeneis norna sucking
Meeting of many kinds of butterflies
Kirinia fentoni resting
Kirinia fentoni flying
Kirinia fentoni resting
Kirinia fentoni resting
Kirinia fentoni resting
Kirinia fentoni
Kirinia fentoni resting on a trunk
Melanitis phedima oitensis resting
Erebia ligea sucking
Erebia niphonica were caught by spider
Erebia niphonica sucking
Erebia niphonica sucking at shoe
Erebia niphonica sucking
Erebia niphonica sucking on the ground
Erebia niphonica licking my camera
Erebia niphonica sucking together
Erebia niphonica resting
Erebia niphonica resting
Coenonumpha oedippus resting
Lethe sicelis sucking
Neope niphonica sucking on a dead earthworm
Neope niphonica
rust is licking
Neope niphonica sucking
Neope niphonica group sucking
Neope niphonica sucking
Minois dryas bipunctata sucking
Lasiommata deidamia sucking
Lasiommata deidamia flying (co-rotating)
Lasiommate deidamia resting
Lethe diana resting
Lethe diana
Lopinga achine sucking
Lopinga achine
Lopinga achine sucking
Lopinga achine sucking my sweat
Lopinga achine refuses to pair
Lopinga achine pairing
Ypthima argus argus sucking
Erebia ligea courting
A newly-emerged Erebia ligea
Minois dryas bipunctata Was caught by Promachus.
Mycalesis madjicosa resting
Mycalesis madjicosa amamiana resting
Coenonympha hero latifasciata resting
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Radena similis resting
Euploea mulciber sucking
Euploea mulciber resting
Parantica sita niphonica
Idea leuconoe clara flying
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Nacaduba kurava sucking
Chilades pandava resting
Araragi enthea enthea resting
Araragi enthea enthea sucking
Favonius orientalis resting
Shijimiaeoides divinns sucking
Shijimiaeoides divinns sucking
Shijimiaeoides divinns flying
Shijimiaeoides divinns mating
Shijimiaeoides divinus sucking
Shijimiaeoides divinus accident
Shijimiaeoides divinus resting
Shijimiaeoides divinus egging
Curetis acuta paracuta sucking on a dead frog
Artopoetes pryeri resting
Favonius saphirinus sleeping
Wagimo signatus resting
Favonius jezoensis flying
Favonius jezoensis overlooking
Favonius jezoensis They are doing CO-rotate.
Favonius jezoensis sucking
Favonius taxila male & female resting
Scolitantides orion jezoensis resting
Favonius taxila They are doing CO-rotate.
Favonius taxila Mating.
Favonius taxila female
resting
Favonius taxila flying (co-rotating)
Favonius taxila
Favonius taxila on the car top
Favonius taxila watching his territory
Chrysozephyrus brillantinus flying
Chrydozephyrus brillantinus watching
Chrysozephyrus brillantinus brillantinus flying (co-rotating)
Chrysozephyrus brillantinus flying (co-rotating)
Chrysozephyrus brillantinus brillantinus watching his territory
Chrysozephyrus brillantinus brillantinus flying (co-rotating)
Crysozephyrus brillantinus
Neozephyrus japonicus flying
Neozephyrus japonicus
resting
Neozephyrus japonicus watching his territory.
Fixsenia w-album fentoni resting
Coreana stygiana sucking
Antigius attilia resting.
Chrysozephyrus smaragdinus flying
Chrysozephyrus smaragdinus watching
Crysozephyrus smaragdinns watching his territory.
Crysozephyrus smaragdinus They are resting under the shadow.
Crysozephyrus smaragdinus a female resting (morning)
Crysozephyrus smaragdinus a female resting
Chrysozephyrus smaragdinus an egg
Chrysozephyrus smaragdinus watching his territory
Chrysozephyrus smaragdinus resting
Shirozua jonasi 3 butterflies are sucking
Shirozua jonasi sacking
Shirozua jonasi resting
Shirozua jonasi resting
Shirozua jonasi a newly-emerged
Shirozua jonasi egging
Shirozua jonasi flying (co-rotating)
Shirozua jonasi on the turning-signal of a car
Japonica lutea lutea resting
Antigius butleri resting
Antigius butleri
Iratsume orsedice orsedice resting
Iratsume orsedice resting
Iratsume orsedice resting
Spindasis takanonis takanonis
Lampides boeticus sucking
Lampides boeticus sucking
Lampides boeticus sucking
Lampides boeticus sucking
Celastrina argiolus ladonides resting
Celastrina sugitanai sucking
Celastrina sugitanii flying
Celastrina sugitani sugitani
Celastrina sugitani sugitani
Celastrina sugitani sugitani
Plebejus argus sleeping
Favonius ultramarinus resting
Favonius ultramarinus resting
Favonius ultramarinus resting
Plebejus argus mating
Plebejus argus sucking
Plebejus argus sleeping
Plebejus argus sucking
Plebejus argus mating
Plebejus argus mating
Plebejus argus sleeping
Plebejus argus resting
Plebejus argus mating
Plebejus argus courting
Plebejus argus Sucking
Plebejus argus
Lycaeides argyrognomon praeterinsularis sacking
Lycaeides argyrognomon praeterinsularis sun bathing
Lycaeides argyrognomon praeterinsularis resting
Lycaeides argyrognomon praeterinsularis sucking
Lycaeides argyrognomon praeterinsularis sucking
Lycaeides argyrognomon praeterinsularis sucking
Lyeaeides argyrognomon praeterinsularis Sucking
Lycaeides argyrognomon praeterinsularis sucking
Pseudozizeeria maha resting
Everes argiades argiades resting
Everes argiades argiades resting
Tongeia fischeri resting
Tongeia fischeri mating
Tongeia fischeri
Maculinea teleius resting
Maculinea teleius resting
Maculinea teleius flying
Maculinea teleius She(black) refused to couple with him.(blue)
Maculinea arionides resting
Maculinea arionides takamukui
Favonius saphirinus and Wagimo signatus resting
Japonica onoi flying
Japonica onoi flying
Japonica onoi resting
Callophrys ferrea sucking
Callophrys ferrea sucking
Callophrys ferrea 2 butterflies sucking
Callophrys ferrea
Callophrys ferrea sun-bathing
Taraka hamada sucking
Taraka hamada hamada a chrysalis
Jamides bochus resting
Chilades pandava resting
Lampides boeticus Sucking
Lycaena phlaeas daimio
Lycaena phlaeas daimio
Rapala arata egging
Rapala arata sucking
Rapala arata sucking
Rapala arata is sucking nectar
Rapala arata summer type
Megisba malaya resting
Fixsenia pruni jezoensis resting
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