Small pearl-bordered fritillary (Boloria selene) butterfly settled on a wood cranesbill (Geranium sylvaticum) flower. Photographed in Switzerland.

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Photo credit: © BOB GIBBONS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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