High Brown Fritillary Argynnis adippe Wingspan 60mm. Fast-flying butterfly associated with windswept, open country. Adult has orange-brown upperwings

High Brown Fritillary Argynnis adippe Wingspan 60mm. Fast-flying butterfly associated with windswept, open country. Adult has orange-brown upperwings Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Nature Photographers Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo

Image ID:

2AK5CC0

File size:

29.9 MB (1.1 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

3976 x 2627 px | 33.7 x 22.2 cm | 13.3 x 8.8 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

29 May 2007

Photographer:

PAUL R. STERRY

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High Brown Fritillary Argynnis adippe Wingspan 60mm. Fast-flying butterfly associated with windswept, open country. Adult has orange-brown upperwings with dark spots; underside of hindwing has brownish scaling. Flies July–August. Larva feeds on violets. Status Scarce and rather endangered, found mainly in W and NW England; favours meadows and open, grassy woodlands.