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Small heath butterfly

Coenonympha pamphilus

Photo by The MnMs
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Field Notes

Description:

Nymphalidae. Small butterfly with an eye-like dot in the upper wing over orange color. The lower wing and body brown grey to blue.

Habitat:

Prairie in Connecterra, Hoge Kempen National Park, Maasmechelen.

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Small heath (butterfly)

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PublishedAugust 15, 2014

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