Orange tip butterfly on cuckoo flower in a Cumbrian meadow in Spring.

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Orange tip butterfly on cuckoo flower in a Cumbrian meadow in Spring. On this windy cold morning, none of the butterflies were flying, they were all clinging to Cuckoo flowers.

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Size: 4928px × 3263px
Location: A Meadow, Cumbria, England, UK
Photo credit: © Pascal Mauger / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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