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HIGH BROWN FRITILLARY (Argynnis adippe).

AISH TOR, DEVON.

Britain's most endangered and "elusive" butterfly, the High Brown has undergone a massive decline since the 1950's. Strongholds now remain on Morecambe Bay Limestones, Dartmoor, Exmoor and it is down to a single colony in Wales.

 

 

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Uploaded on July 12, 2018
Taken on July 11, 2018