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Small Tortoiseshell - Petite tortue

Aglais urticae

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Field Notes

Description:

The drab undersides of the Small Tortoiseshell contrast with its distinctive yellow and orange uppersides, and provide this butterfly with a good deal of camouflage, especially useful when it's hibernating.

Habitat:

Alpine meadow, a;t. 1400 m.

Notes:

Another butterfly showing strong decline in Western Europe:
http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/small-tortoiseshell008.html#cr
An open wing shot of another specimen found nearby can be seen at:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/5903181

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Small Tortoiseshell

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PublishedOctober 5, 2013

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