Marbled white (Melanargia galathea) butterfly sits in the morning July sun feeding in a Knapweed on the South Downs

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Size: 4995px × 3330px
Location: Fairmile Bottom Nature Reserve, Sussex, UK
Photo credit: © Claire Haskins / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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