A male Adonis Blue, the rarest of the British blue butterflies, resting on a plant on the south-facing chalk slopes of Mill Hill, Shoreham, West Susse

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A male Adonis Blue, the rarest of the British blue butterflies, resting on a plant on the south-facing chalk slopes of Mill Hill, Shoreham, West Sussex. This tiny species has two broods in a year, once in May - June and the second in August. The population has declined over the last 200 years, but a slight recovery has been noted in recent years, and it is protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

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Size: 4000px × 2670px
Location: Shoreham UK
Photo credit: © Andrew Hasson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: blue, caterpillar, flight, insect, shimmer, wings