The purple emperor, a photo from Milan, Lombardia

Photographer's Note

Yesterday was a very lucky day, I finally met after a long time the most curious butterfly in my region. This is the Apatura ilia,the purple emperor, which has the characteristic of changing color, from brown to purple, depending on the refraction of the light on the wings. Looking at the WS you can see the differences.

Ieri è stata una giornata molto fortunata, finalmente ho incontrato dopo tanto tempo la farfalla più curiosa della mia regione. Si tratta della Apatura ilia, che ha come caratteristica quella di cambiare colore, da marrone a viola, a seconda della rifrazione della luce sulle ali. Guardando il WS potete osservare le differenze.

Fis2, pierrefonds, worldcitizen, ikeharel, COSTANTINO, jemaflor, Royaldevon, jean113, jadir, mcmtanyel, adramad, ChrisJ, PaulVDV, gervaso has marked this note useful

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Fis2 (171961) 2022-06-22 13:43

Witaj Luciano!
A very nice butterfly, view makes impression.
Excellent POV, colors and sharpness.
Nice presentation.
Well done.
Good evening.
Krzysztof

PiotrF (56042) 2022-06-22 13:46

Hello Luciano
Another beautiful colorful butterfly from your collection.
I like great sharpness and very good quality.
Fine presentation
Regards
Piotr

pierrefonds (115572) 2022-06-22 15:06

Bonsoir Luciano,

L'insecte attire le regard. La prise de vue permet de voir les détails du papillon Apatura ilia. La lumière met en valeur la beauté des couleurs. Bonne soirée.

Pierre

worldcitizen (16226) 2022-06-22 17:01

Ciao Luciano,
This is a very unique butterfly that really grabbed my attention. You got an excellent shot of its beautiful wings, and there are interesting details on the body, too. It looks very soft and hairy. :-) The background of different stones is also very nice. Take care!

ikeharel (114629) 2022-06-22 21:02

Wonderful colors for this butterfly specie, Luciano.
Wings were fully spanned when captured, enable to watch its purple patterns.
Buona giornata.
Ike

COSTANTINO (117814) 2022-06-22 21:13

Hello ny dearest friend and have a nice day
and a happy evening
wow!!!but how many butterflies you have
into your city!!!!and according to your
useful notes yesterday was a very
lucky day and you found the most
curious butterfly in my region
regards
costantino

ifege (49465) 2022-06-22 21:18

Hi Luciano
A superb looking butterfly and a great macro of it. What colours!
cheers
Ian

jemaflor (148260) 2022-06-22 23:17

Salut Luciano,
Superbe ! Parfaite prise photo, excellente qualité avec cette netteté d'image et surtout quel effet avec ces teintes, ce violet sur fond de gris du sol, bravo !

pajaran (117077) 2022-06-22 23:18

P{ozdrav.

Lep pogled i trenutak, dobar tekst ...
Lep leptir, dobro poakazan sa lepim bojama, kontrastom i uhvacenim trenutkom.
Dobar rad sa lepom fotografijom u radionici.
Lepi detalji na krilima leptira.
Volim leptire ali nikako da naidjem na njih i snimim.

Zelim vam lep i uspesan dan, sve najbolje.
Paja

Silvio1953 (222959) 2022-06-22 23:26

Ciao Luciano, mamma mia che spettacolo, l'hai beccata con una luce favolosa, io non ci sono mai riuscito a fotografarla con questi fantastici colori, anche i dettagli sono al top, solo da ammirare, guardare e riguardare, capolavoro, bravissimo, 10 e lode e standing ovation, ciao Silvio

Royaldevon (86480) 2022-06-23 7:06

Ciao caro Luciano,

This is a magnificent specimen, well named the purple emperor! It does have an aristocratic awe about it!
You have achieved another pin sharp shot of a butterfly, showing off its finery against the gravelly b/g.
The colour change is remarkable!

My warm regards,
Bev :-)

jean113 (28285) 2022-06-23 8:48

Hello Luciano, what a phenomenon, I have never seen anything quite like this before. You must have been so pleased to find it.
With the neutral colours of the background, its' colours appear even more vivid; it is very beautiful.
Excellent sharpness.
Kind regards, Jean.

jmdias (116511) 2022-06-23 9:38

luciano

I imagine these changes of color according with the light make the birds confused. a marvelous animal and you got it in a special pose and in different ways. we have a special big butterfly i my town, but it is very shy and it is ever difficult to take its image with open wings (it is ever hiding the precious blue inside).

take care

jorge

Tue (93458) 2022-06-23 10:10

Hello Luciano,
Wow, what a fantastic butterfly with really beautiful wings! It is a real flying work of art and this red and orange colour combination is really eye-catching.
Lars

ktanska (45070) 2022-06-23 13:05

Hi Luciano,
Wow, that's special. Needless to say, I have never seen this butterfly. Purple is wonderful. And variation of colour depending on the angle is certainly fascinating. Grey gravel background enhances the impact.
Kari

mkamionka (75139) 2022-06-23 13:59

Ciao Luciano,
Amazing photos you are so good at this and we are learning about butterflies so much from you. Here the background is less natural but it makes a nice contrast with the living creature.
Interesting effect withg different colors in the workshop.
Brilliant work,
M

emka (158860) 2022-06-23 19:33

Hello Luciano, Yes indeed! The colours are different. How interesting. Fantastic picture as always, with spectacular sharpness and colours. You were lucky to be able to observe it long enough.
There are interesting butterflies with transparent wings. I would like to see it.
Best regards MAlgo

aliabazari (23283) 2022-06-23 23:43

Hi Luciano
Another beautiful portrait of these lovely butterflies. You do well in recording them. Clarity and lighting done well. The workshop view shows well. Thanks for sharing

mcmtanyel (69255) 2022-06-24 21:18

Hello Luciano,
What a beauty, showing off its rare color!
Regards,
MT

adramad (73452) 2022-06-25 9:11

Hi Luciano.
Wonderful this butterfly, for me it has been quite a surprise, because I did not know this species and its ability to change color, also how lucky you were to capture it at both times with different colors, it is a beautiful specimen.
A fantastic photo, with beautiful natural colors, very good lighting and excellent sharpness.
Very well done. I'm lovin 'it.
Enjoy the weekend.
Very best regards.
Luis.

ChrisJ (172436) 2022-06-25 9:59

Ciao Luciano

There are a couple of butterflies here that have iridescent colours on their wings too. The Great Eggfly is attracted to lantana flowers, an introduced plant from South America. Maybe next Spring I should try to learn how to take a rapid series of images and delete all bar the best one?

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits/butterfly-rainforest/id-guide/blue/

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits/butterfly-rainforest/id-guide/blue/

macjake (98544) 2022-06-26 14:29

Hi Luciano
mother nature sure is a wild and beautiful thing.
very cool indeed. You'd really like going to the Conservatory in the latest photos, so would Silvio, lots of birds and butterflies. lucky for you that he just sat here so calmly for you, looks great
cheers
Craig

GyurMaster (25033) 2022-06-27 2:17

Hello Luciano,

You portrayed a butterfly that was unknown for me. I have never seen this species before with a reason: it does not lives in my country, we are too fair up North.

Best Wishes,
Gy.

PaulVDV (63478) 2022-06-27 9:54

Hello Luciano,
I readily admit that I have never seen such a butterfly with such a beautiful strong colour contrast.
The combination of blue and orange brown seems very exceptional to me.
This butterfly didn't even sit on a flower to pose for you.
I'm surprised it's the same butterfly in the photo in the WS.
Splendid sharp pictures!
Best regards, Paul

jadir (377) 2022-07-11 14:46

excelente captura,uma imagem impressionante,parabéns.

gervaso (28435) 2022-07-27 9:35

Hello, Luciano!

Incredible colors of this butterfly, I think it is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen! And it's really interesting how the colors appear very different in the workshop! Both of the photos have excellent quality and perfect sharpness! Wonderful job!