Small Heath Butterfly (Coenonympha pamphilus)
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Small Heath Butterfly (Coenonympha pamphilus) by Anne Burgess as part of the Geograph project.
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Small Heath Butterfly (Coenonympha pamphilus)
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 1 Jun 2007
It's almost impossible to get a photograph of this species' upper wings, as it always closes them when it lands. So this is the view one mostly gets of this butterfly.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
54.992922
Longitude
-6.844614