Stamp description / Briefmarkenbeschreibung
Deutsch: Jugendmarken 1962, Schmetterlinge
English: series for social welfare for the youth 1962, butterflies
Graphics by Karl Oskar Blase
Ausgabepreis: 20+10 Pfennig
First Day of Issue / Erstausgabetag: 25. Mai 1962
Michel-Katalog-Nr.: 378
Date February 2009
Source scanned by NobbiP
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DBP_1962_378_Jugend_Schmetterlinge.jpg
The small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) is a colourful Eurasian butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found throughout temperate Europe, Asia Minor, Central Asia, Siberia, China, Mongolia, Korea and Japan. The small tortoiseshell is the national butterfly of Denmark. |