A painted lady butterfly from above with both wings open on a thistle stem

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Size: 5472px × 3648px
Location: Suffolk,UK
Photo credit: © Mike P Shepherd / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: abdomen, angiosperms, animalia, antenna, antennae, arthropoda, cardui, countryside, cynthia, flower, hind, insecta, lepidoptera, nature, nymphalidae, palpi, plant, proboscis, purple, rural, spike, spiracles, thistle, thorax, vanessa, veins, wing