Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Butterfly August 2008-3.jpg

 
Original - A Painted Lady Butterfly (Vanessa cardui) collecting nectar from a Lantana camara flower. Resident in south but migrating northward each spring to produce a summer brood all over Europe
Reason
Hight resolution and good quality depiction of a beautiful species of butterfly, comparing favourably with the existing photos and adding values to the articles.
Articles this image appears in
Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui
Creator
Joaquim Alves Gaspar

Promoted Image:Butterfly August 2008-3.jpg MER-C 06:16, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]