Essex skipper (Thymelicus lineola) nectaring on scabious. Distinctive butterfly in the family Hesperiidae, in a British meadow

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Photo credit: © Ian Redding / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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Keywords: antennae, black, british, butterfly, calcareous, essex, european, fauna, feeding, golden, grassland, hesperiidae, insect, invertebrate, lineola, meadow, nature, nectaring, proboscis, scabious, skipper, thymelicus, tipped, tips, uk, wildlife