Great purple hairstreak, Atlides halesus.

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Great purple hairstreak, Atlides halesus (Atys butterfly, Papilio atys). Male, ventral and dorsal. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, London, 1810.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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