Each year, billions of painted lady butterflies travel thousands of miles, tracing a vast loop between Africa, the Middle East, and Europe in search of bloom. It is the longest butterfly migration ever documented, an epic journey that unfolds mostly beyond the limits of human sight.

In Constant Bloom, a new book from Nazraeli Press, artist Lucas Foglia joins the scientists who uncovered this phenomenon, following both the butterflies’ flight path and the human lives shaped by their migration. What emerges is a vision of the Painted Lady as a species with a migration logic far older than any nation-state, crossing borders that humans continually redraw. By following these intersecting journeys, Constant Bloom is a reminder that movement is a fundamental force in nature—and that even the smallest travelers can illuminate the shared systems that bind a changing world together.