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Maniola jurtina
Mainly brown (both above and underneath) butterfly, with some orange zone on forewings in females. Pics 1 to 3 depict a male, more brown everywhere. Female (pic N° 4) has a bicolored hind underwings; edge of it much paler.
Common summer species in Palearctic realm; here, seen in a small valley which we baptized a "Valley of butterflies" - the grassland valley is really very small, not more than 100 at its longest side and completely surrounded by a broad-leaved forest, and edged by a small and very clean stream. When we visited, grasslands were covered in a multitude of butterflies, mainly fritillaries (coming soon). We counted at least 8 or 9 different species, plus a multitude of other insects (bees, various bumble-bees, syrphes, dragon & damselflies etc).
Spotted on Aug 22, 2018
Submitted on Sep 2, 2018
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