The Speckled Wood Butterly is the most abundant one for sure. Everywhere you walk they are sitting on stones on the trails warming up in the springtime sun.
Green-veined Whites are also super abundant. You'll find tons of them flickering in the sun anywhere you find blooming flowers. They seem to really like anything purple, typical of most butterflies. From the top these butterflies aren't all that special, just plain white mostly, but the underside of their wings is patterned with green and yellow.
Another butterfly with really different coloration on the top and bottom of its wings is the appropriately named Orange Tip. This very small butterfly is often seen fluttering down the trails with its orange wings glowing against the grey rocks of the Carso, but you seldom see them being still for long. I was lucky to find this one feeding on the same purple flowers that were full of Green-veined Whites.
Common Brimstones are another butterfly that doesn't like to stay still long. Most of the time they are a flashing blur or a distant patch of yellow-green on purple flowers. Once in a while they might happen to land in front of your lens for a lucky closeup.
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