![Close up of a Polyommatus Rosei, one of the endemic butterfly species that is known to be found only in Turkey's eastern Van province, sitting on a flower in Van, Turkey on 10 June 2019 [Ali İhsan Öztürk/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190620_2_36989097_45454983.jpg?ssl=1 "Butterflies in Turkey's Van")
Close up of a Polyommatus Rosei, one of the endemic butterfly species that is known to be found only in Turkey’s eastern Van province, sitting on a flower in Van, Turkey on 10 June 2019 [Ali İhsan Öztürk/Anadolu Agency]
![Close up of a Polyommatus Rosei, one of the endemic butterfly species that is known to be found only in Turkey's eastern Van province, sitting on a flower in Van, Turkey on 10 June 2019 [Ali İhsan Öztürk/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190620_2_36989097_45454984-scaled.jpg?ssl=1 "Butterflies in Turkey's Van")
Close up of a Polyommatus Rosei, one of the endemic butterfly species that is known to be found only in Turkey’s eastern Van province, sitting on a flower in Van, Turkey on 10 June 2019 [Ali İhsan Öztürk/Anadolu Agency]
![Close up of a Polyommatus Rosei, one of the endemic butterfly species that is known to be found only in Turkey's eastern Van province, sitting on a flower in Van, Turkey on 10 June 2019 [Ali İhsan Öztürk/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190620_2_36989097_45454985.jpg?ssl=1 "Butterflies in Turkey's Van")
Close up of a Polyommatus Rosei, one of the endemic butterfly species that is known to be found only in Turkey’s eastern Van province, sitting on a flower in Van, Turkey on 10 June 2019 [Ali İhsan Öztürk/Anadolu Agency]
![Close up of a Polyommatus Rosei, one of the endemic butterfly species that is known to be found only in Turkey's eastern Van province, sitting on a flower in Van, Turkey on 10 June 2019 [Ali İhsan Öztürk/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190620_2_36989097_45454986.jpg?ssl=1 "Butterflies in Turkey's Van")
Close up of a Polyommatus Rosei, one of the endemic butterfly species that is known to be found only in Turkey’s eastern Van province, sitting on a flower in Van, Turkey on 10 June 2019 [Ali İhsan Öztürk/Anadolu Agency]
![Close up of a butterfly sitting on the ground in Van, Turkey on June 10 2019 [Ali İhsan Öztürk/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190620_2_36989097_45454988.jpg?ssl=1 "Butterflies in Turkey's Van")
Close up of a butterfly sitting on the ground in Van, Turkey on June 10 2019 [Ali İhsan Öztürk/Anadolu Agency]
![Close up of a butterfly sitting on the ground in Van, Turkey on June 10 2019 [Ali İhsan Öztürk/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190620_2_36989097_45454989.jpg?ssl=1 "Butterflies in Turkey's Van")
Close up of a butterfly sitting on the ground in Van, Turkey on June 10 2019 [Ali İhsan Öztürk/Anadolu Agency]
![Close up of a butterfly sitting on the ground in Van, Turkey on June 10 2019 [Ali İhsan Öztürk/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190620_2_36989097_45454990.jpg?ssl=1 "Butterflies in Turkey's Van")
Close up of a butterfly sitting on the ground in Van, Turkey on June 10 2019 [Ali İhsan Öztürk/Anadolu Agency]
![Close up of a butterfly sitting on the ground in Van, Turkey on June 10 2019 [Ali İhsan Öztürk/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190620_2_36989097_45454991.jpg?ssl=1 "Butterflies in Turkey's Van")
Close up of a butterfly sitting on the ground in Van, Turkey on June 10 2019 [Ali İhsan Öztürk/Anadolu Agency]
![Close up of a butterfly sitting on the ground in Van, Turkey on June 10 2019 [Ali İhsan Öztürk/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190620_2_36989097_45454993.jpg?ssl=1 "Butterflies in Turkey's Van")
Close up of a butterfly sitting on the ground in Van, Turkey on June 10 2019 [Ali İhsan Öztürk/Anadolu Agency]
![Close up of a butterfly sitting on the ground in Van, Turkey on June 10 2019 [Ali İhsan Öztürk/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190620_2_36989097_45454994.jpg?ssl=1 "Butterflies in Turkey's Van")
Close up of a butterfly sitting on the ground in Van, Turkey on June 10 2019 [Ali İhsan Öztürk/Anadolu Agency]
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