A kaleidoscope of butterflies has gathered in northeast Turkey's Kars.

Photos taken on June 6, 2021, captured various beautiful butterfly species in the Sarikamis district of Kars. 

The most eye-catching ones among them is a species of brightly colored, silver-studded blue butterflies. 

The males are blue with a dark border, while females are brown with a row of red spots. Their undersides are brown-grey with black spots, a row of orange spots and small greenish flecks on the outer margin. 

(All photos via CFP.)

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