Apatura iris, purple emperor
Photograph of a mounted specimen of a purple emperor, male underside. 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
10710981
Media ID
47582879
Size
4825px x 3815px
(16.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
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