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Greek butterfly
Red
Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Size: 7cm
Description: black-brown wings with white spots and red stripes.
Environment: Gardens and just outside forests.
(Iphiclides
podalirius)
Size: 10cm
Description: pale yellow with blue edges
Environment: Mountainous areas with chalk.
(Maculinea
arion)
Description: gray blue wings with gray outline
Environment: Bushy areas, preferably where thymus grows.
(Zygaena
carniolica)
Size: 3,5cm
Description: dark gray with yellow-red spots
Environment: Areas with chalk and various places,
(Argynnis
paphia)
Description: orange brown wings with black pattern, green/silver underneath
Environment: Fields, near forests.
Painted
Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Description: bright orange with black and cream white pattern
Environment: Bushes
