elderly male clouded yellow butterfly Latin name colias crocea from the pieridae family on a prickly sow thistle flower Latin sonchus asper in Italy

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Size: 5472px × 3648px
Location: Montecassiano, province of Macerata, Le Marche, Italy
Photo credit: © Ruth Swan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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