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small tortoiseshell butterfly

Aglais urticae

Photo by Tsuki E.
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Field Notes

Description:

Small tortoiseshell butterfly with reddish orange and yellow colouration. It was very small, maybe about 2-3cm in size.

Habitat:

Found mainly in Europe and Asia but in decline for unknown reasons.

Notes:

Very small tortoiseshell butterfly, resting on the ground outside our house in England for about 5 minutes before it flew away. My son identified it as they had just done a unit on butterflies of Europe in school.

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Small Tortoiseshell

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PublishedJune 1, 2014

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