Male silver-studded blue on cross-leaved heath

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Male silver-studded blue (Plebejus argus) on cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix), photographed on Dorset heathland, UK.

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Photo credit: © BOB GIBBONS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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