Gatekeeper butterfly (hedge brown, Pyronia tithonus) basking with open wings on bracken during summer or July, UK

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Size: 3994px × 2663px
Location: Oaken Wood, Chiddingfold Forest, Surrey, England, UK
Photo credit: © Gillian Pullinger / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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