Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) nectaring on a Greater knapweed flower (Centaurea scabiosa) in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK,

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Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) nectaring on a Greater knapweed flower (Centaurea scabiosa) in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, June.

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Size: 4470px × 2980px
Location: Corsham, Wiltshire, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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