Marbled white Melanargia galathea, imago, roosting on Sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, Alners Gorse, Dorset, UK in July.

---

Size: 3264px × 4896px
Location: Alners Gorse, Dorset, England, UK
Photo credit: © Oliver Smart / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 2012, acutiflorus, adult, alners, angiosperms, animalia, arthropoda, britain, british, browns, butterflies, butterfly, commelinids, conservation, dorset, england, english, eurasian, europe, european, fore, forewing, galathea, gorse, great, hind, hindwing, imago, individual, insect, insecta, insects, isles, july, juncaceae, juncus, kingdom, lepidoptera, lone, marbled, melanargia, monocots, nature, nymphalidae, palearctic, perch, perched, perching, plant, plantae, poales, reserve, roost, roosting, rush, sharp-flowered, single, summer, uk, underside, underwing, united, ventral, western, white, wing