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Purple Emperor(male)

Apatura iris

Description:

The purple emperor is a large butterfly, around 7-8 cm wingspan, it's brown but the males have scales that reflects blue or purple light when on an angle.

Habitat:

Mixed forest, open area with flowers.

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Gaia80
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Gaia80

okres Revúca, Banskobystrický kraj, Slovakia

Spotted on Jul 25, 2019
Submitted on Jul 25, 2019

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