Caterpillar of map butterfly (Araschnia levana)


Map is the only species in Europe with strongly marked seasonal differences. The spring and summer broods are very different. This is a summer specimen which looks a little like a small version of a white admiral.


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Photo credit: © Heiti Paves / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: animal, araschnia, biology, black, butterfly, caterpillar, close-, entomology, insect, larva, leaf, lepidoptera, levana, map, nature, nymphalidae, science, wildlife, zoology