Lesbian marbled white / Balkan marbled white (Melanarge larissa lesbina) feeding on Milk thistle (Silybum marianum / Carduus marianum), Lesbos, Greece

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Lesbian marbled white / Balkan marbled white (Melanarge larissa lesbina) feeding from Milk thistle (Silybum marianum = Carduus marianum) flowering near the coast, with the sea in the background, Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, June.

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Size: 4079px × 2709px
Location: Lesbos, Greece
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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