Large blue (Maculinea arion) nectaring. Butterfly, once extinct in the UK, in the family Lycaenidae feeding on wild thyme (Thymus polytrichus)

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Size: 3910px × 2600px
Location: Cheddar Gorge, Cheddar, UK
Photo credit: © Ian Redding / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: arion, blue, british, butterfly, collard, conservation, european, extinct, fauna, feeding, hill, insect, large, lycaenidae, maculinea, nature, nectaring, rare, reintroduced, somerset, uk, underside, wildlife