Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea), feeding on greater knapweed flower (Centaurea scabiosa), Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) foraging on spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare), Marlborough Downs, Wiltshire, England, United Kingodm, Europe

Marbled White (Melanargia galathea) butterfly, adult roosting on Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) flower, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A Balkan marbled white (Melanargia larissa) butterfly on flower, Serifos Island, Cyclades, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Marbled White (Melanargia galathea) butterfly, adult roosting on grass, in meadow habitat, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Marbled White (Melanargia galathea) butterfly, adult roosting on grass, in meadow habitat, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Marbled White Butterfly on Knapweed in Oxfordshire, England

Marbled White Butterfly on Knapweed in Oxfordshire, England

Marbled White (Melanargia galathea), resting on a Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis), covered with dew drops, Biosphaerengebiet Schwaebische Alb biosphere reserve, Swabian Alb, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Marbled white (Melanargia galathea) sits on orchid (orchis), Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Marbled White Butterfly (Melanargia galathea) resting on a flower

Marbled White on Thistle flower, Prairie Fouzon France

Western Marbled White, Gorges de l'Ardèche France