Dark green fritillary butterfly (Argynnis aglaja) feeding on a Greater knapweed flower (Centaurea scabiosa) in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK

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Dark green fritillary butterfly (Argynnis aglaja) feeding on a Greater knapweed flower (Centaurea scabiosa) in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, June.

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Size: 6000px × 4000px
Location: Wiltshire, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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