Brown Speckled wood butterfly in a patch of sunlight

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Pararge aegeria or Brown Speckled wood butterfly, a species native to southern parts of Britain, pauses on a leaf in a patch of sunlight at the side of a public footpath.

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Photo credit: © Miriam Heppell / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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