Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus)
Introduction
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Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus)
Image: © Eirian Evans Taken: 30 Jul 2020
Butterflies rarely stay still long enough for me to photograph them so I was lucky to snap this female with its wings open
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
53.190726
Longitude
-4.391191