Winged Butterfly – Sweden 2008

On 15 May 2008, Sweden Post issued the stamp set which featured the wing of butterfly. The issue stamp depicts the species of butterfly, Apollo or Parnassius apollo, and Dark Green Fritillary or Argynnis aglaja.

Apollo

The Apollo butterfly or Mountain Apollo (Parnassius apollo), is a butterfly of the Papilionidae family.It is found on mountains in Europe usually above 1,000 metres  up to 2,000 m , preferring flowery meadows and mountain pastures.The Apollo is listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.

The Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo) is a beautiful white butterfly, decorated with large black "eye" spots on the forewings and red eye-spots on the hind wings. Its shown on the above stamp and complete view (besides stamp). The picture of Apollo taken from Wikipedia.

Dark Green Fritillary

The Dark Green Fritillary (Argynnis aglaja) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. The insect has a wide range in the Palearctic ecozone - Europe, Morocco, Iran , Siberia, Central Asia, China, Korea and Japan.The characteristic habitat of this butterfly is open, windswept calcareous grassland. However, in some areas it can also be found in woodland clearings and coastal dunes.

The Dark Green Fritillary is a large, powerful, orange and black butterfly. It can be seen flying rapidly in a range of open sunny habitats.The Dark Green Fritillary has an extra row of orange-ringed 'pearls' on the underside of the hind wing. Its seen in the above stamp and full picture which taken from Wikipedia.

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Butterfly stamps of Isle of Man

The stamp series depicted 5 species of butterfly, Argynnis aglaja, Cynthia cardui, Celastrina argiolus, Vanessa atalanta, and Inachis io. These stamps have issued by the Postal Administration of Isle of Man on 1993.

Argynnis aglaja is not exactly rare in the UK it is quite widespread throughout the UK occurring in a variety of habitats, e.g. moorland, downland, woodland, coast etc.Very fast flying.The common named is Dark Green Fritillary.

Cynthia Cardui is species of the Nymphalidae family, found from North Africa to Nothern Europe. The common named is Painted Lady.

Celastrina Argiolus is a butterfly that belongs to the Lycaenids family and is native to Eurasia and North America.The common named is Holly Blue.

Vanessa Atalanta is is a well-known colourful butterfly, found in temperate Europe, Asia and North America. The species is resident only in warmer areas, but migrates north in spring, and sometimes again in autumn.The common named is Red Admiral , has a two-inch (45–50 mm) wing span.

Inachis Io is a colourful butterfly, found in Europe, temperate Asia as far east as Japan.The common named is the European Peacock butterfly and resident in much of its range, often wintering in buildings or trees.