Apatura iris, purple emperor
Photograph of a mounted specimen of a purple emperor, male upperside. Ranges from Europe to Japan. A woodland butterfly that usually flies high in the treetops but will feed on ground level dung and carrion
Picture No
10710980
Media ID
47582846
Size
3297px x 2442px
(3.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
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