A Pyrenees butterfly
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325793)
Rockingham, Australia
August 4, 2017 12:44pm CST
While we’ve been travelling in a foreign (to us) land we’re kept an eye open for sights that we wouldn’t normally see. While high in the Pyrenees Mountains we came across this very beautiful butterfly.
Usually butterflies close their wings once they land making it difficult to get a snapshot of their most beautiful aspect. But for some reason this one stayed poised long enough for Vince to get a nice shot of it. I thought it was very pretty with its delicate colouring.
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@just4him (306237)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
4 Aug 17
It is gorgeous! I love the body - it looks like fur. Poised on that beautiful purple flower makes the perfect setting for it. I bet he could sell that picture to National Geographic. They always have fantastic pictures taken by cameras. Not that he would.
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@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
5 Aug 17
@JudyEv That is a fantastic looking butterfly. I have seen many in my years of travel, but I have never seen one like that before. I did grow up in France when I was younger. I guess we never visited the places you are visiting now. Plus, I was 13 when I left France. So this might be another reason I never saw one before. Kids notice certain things but overlook other.
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@JudyEv (325793)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Aug 17
We saw another unusual one too so I'll put that up another time. I'm glad you like it.
@ptrikha_2 (45472)
• India
4 Aug 17
Its great that you have been spending time with nature. Most of my time is spent at Home, Office, back to home, back to Office, and occasionally those Malls, whose shiny and sanitized environments call us to spend more and more, and leave our pockets much more lighter!
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@JudyEv (325793)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Aug 17
We've never enjoyed being in big cities and with our largish motor-home it can be quite stressful trying to negotiate narrow streets and find parking. We have really enjoyed seeing so much of the French countryside.
@marguicha (215441)
• Chile
4 Aug 17
It´s so very beautiful! And she chose the perfect background.
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@JudyEv (325793)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Aug 17
We see a lot of these Scottish thistle type flowers. We saw some huge ones once but couldn't stop to take photos.
@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
4 Aug 17
What a lovely thing to see @JudyEv
Vince got a great shot of this pretty butterfly.
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@JudyEv (325793)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Aug 17
He is a much more patient photographer than I am but I am the often the one who spots things and says 'you should take a photo of this'. 
@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
6 Aug 17
what a beautiful photo... well done Vince... it has lovely colouring on it's wings...
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
4 Aug 17
I think it is a moth but it has beautiful colouring and how lucky to catch it on the flower!
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@JudyEv (325793)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Aug 17
It could well be. I'll have to research the difference. Good idea for a post - and I don't like being wrong! Only in the sense of giving out wrong information.
Only in the sense of giving out wrong information.
@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
4 Aug 17
Its a lovely color, and it looks soft like a moth.
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@JudyEv (325793)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Aug 17
It is, isn't it? I do need to point out that I found it for him. Can't have him taking all the credit.
@JudyEv (325793)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Aug 17
The colours are gorgeous and she picked her background perfectly.
@JudyEv (325793)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Aug 17
I have no idea what it is but thanks for the suggestion. I'll check it out.
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
4 Aug 17
I have never seen a butterfly before with those shades of light blue. Such design.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
5 Aug 17
That is a pretty butterfly. Flower, too.
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