small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) Aglais urticae pupa
Ninon D700 Micro Nikkor 55/3.5 no flash
Russia Moscow
Date 20 August 2009, 14:07:31
Source Flickr: Aglais urtica
Author Aleksey Gnilenkov
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aglais_urtica.jpg
The small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) is a colourful Eurasian butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found throughout temperate Europe, Asia Minor, Central Asia, Siberia, China, Mongolia, Korea and Japan. The small tortoiseshell is the national butterfly of Denmark.