A brightly coloured and striking Butterfly, the male Scarlet Tip is active fluttering from flower to flower sipping nectar or sucking up moisture
A brightly coloured and striking Butterfly, the male Scarlet Tip is active fluttering from flower to flower sipping nectar or sucking up dissolved minerals from damp patches of mud as this one is doing
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Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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