Cynthia cardui

Photo: Cynthia cardui with half-open wings. The proboscis is stuck in a flower for feeding.
Description: Cynthia cardui with half-open wings. The proboscis is stuck in a flower for feeding.
L Habitat: Large natural garden with residential house on the edge. Altitude: about 570m a.s.l.
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Butterfly
Lat.: Cynthia cardui
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Flower
Lat.: Hesperis matronalis
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Hesperis
Location: Hasle-Rüegsau, Emmental, Switzerland
Date Month/Year: 7.2009
Photographer: Simon Oberli, Hasle-Rüegsau
Number: F069693