Painted Lady Butterfly
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Painted Lady Butterfly by Tony Atkin as part of the Geograph project.
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Painted Lady Butterfly
Image: © Tony Atkin Taken: 10 Aug 2006
Seen here on a Knapweed flower. Painted Lady butterflies are very common migrants to this country. This one however was probably born here as a result of migrants mating earlier in the summer. This is suggested by the paler salmon pink colour to its wings and the time of year, August.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.395429
Longitude
-4.602829