Purple Hairstreak male - Favonius quercus

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Purple Hairstreak male resting with wings closed

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Size: 4000px × 2706px
Location: Alners Gorse, Dorset, UK
Photo credit: © Martin East / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: alners, beautiful, butterfly, closed, colourful, dorset, england, english, favonius, flying, gorse, hairstreak, insect, invertebrate, lepidoptera, male, purple, quercus, uk, underside, wings