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Chestnut Heath

Coenonympha glycerion

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Field Notes

Description:

Alpine

Species ID Suggestions

Chestnut heath

Coenonympha glycerion

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KarenL
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KarenL
It looks very like a large heath butterfly but lacks the distinctive spot on the top wing. It is a member of the sub-species Satyrinae, the Browns if that helps.

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PublishedSeptember 22, 2011

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