Nymphalidae

Cardinal Fritillary

Argynnis pandora

feeding on minerals from the cover of my 600mm lens - Tazha, Bulgaria - June 2007

Cardinal Fritillary is distributed throughout most of southern Europe in open habitats bordered by deciduous or open coniferous woodlands.  The individual above flew into the car beside us and settled on my lens cover to feed off the minerals deposited by my sweaty hands.