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Euphydryas editha
Dark body with stripes near the end of the abdomen, wings with bands of spots in white to pale yellow, and red-orange, with dark outlines.
Coastal chaparral, meadows, fields, foothills, open woods, alpine fellfields
There was a road cut full of wet gravel where several varieties of butterflies and bees were drinking.
Spotted on May 10, 2009
Submitted on May 8, 2013
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3 Comments
Very nice !!
Thank you Bernadette. :)
Beautiful butterfly!