Purple Hairstreak Butterfly "Neozephyrus quercus" on Alder Buckthorn at Alner's Gorse in Dorset .Found in top of Oak in Jully and August

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Purple Hairstreak Butterfly "Neozephyrus quercus" on Alder Buckthorn at Alner's Gorse in Dorset .Found in top of Oak in Jully and August,UK

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Location: Alners Gorse, Dorset, UK
Photo credit: © Philip Bishop / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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