Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary
Butterfly
Taken at Mull on 31st July 2012 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
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Butterfly - Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary
Small Pearl Bordered Fratillary Butterfly.
Species:
Order:
Family:		 Boloria selene.
Lepidoptera.
Nymphalidae.
Larval Food:
Adult Food:
Wingspan:
Habitat:
Flies/Found:
 Common Dog-violet and Marsh Violet
Bugle, Bird's-foot Trefoil, Bluebell, Buttercups, Dandelion, Hawkweeds.
Male: 35 - 41 mm. Female: 38 - 44 mm.
Open areas within deciduous woodland.
England from May, Scotland from June. The early emergence of the species in south-west England gives rise to a partial second brood there, which appears in August.