The Living Forest (69) : Red Admiral

Mostly we see pictures of butterflies feeding on flowers, but I spotted this colourful specimen while he was sunbathing on the warm stony flanks of a deserted quarry in the middle of the forest.

The Red Admiral is living in temperate Europe, Asia and North America.
The species is known to hibernate, but in southern Europe it sometimes flies on a sunny winter day !

Dutch name : Atalanta (syn. Admiraalsvlinder)
German name : Admiral
Latin name : Vanessa atalanta