Marsh Fritillary

 

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This fritillary has declined severely over the past one hundred years, and is now extinct in the eastern half of the UK.  The majority of these pictures were taken in Gloucestershire in May 2007. Very aptly, the butterfly is perched on a Lesser Butterfly Orchid.

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