Ringlet butterfly [Explored]

Satyrinae

 

Aphantopus hyperantus

 

I think this is a variant of the Ringlet butterfly with no small black eyespots on the upper wings. I didnt get a view of the under wings before it flew off.

 

Ringlet butterfly

 

Information taken from Butterfly Conservation here:

 

butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/ringlet

 

When newly emerged, the Ringlet has a velvety appearance and is almost black, with a white fringe to the wings. The small circles on the underwings, which give the butterfly its name, vary in number and size and may be enlarged and elongated or reduced to small white spots; occasionally they lack the black ring. They are a dark brown butterfly and similar to male Meadow Brown

 

Bramble and Wild Privet flowers are favourite nectar sources, and adults continue to fly with a characteristic bobbing flight in dull, cloudy conditions when most other butterflies are inactive.

 

This widespread butterfly has extended it range in England and Scotland in recent years. Widespread on damp grassland throughout Britain and Ireland.

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