Alex Hyde / Purple emperor butterfly (Apatura iris) male on English Oak (Quercus robur) leaf basking with wings open, UK, Captive.
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Hans Christoph Kappel / Lesser Purple Emperor butterfly caterpillar
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Hans Christoph Kappel / Lesser Purple Emperor butterfly.
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David Woodfall / Purple emperor butterfly (Apatura iris) male basking on ground. Knepp Rewildling Estate, Sussex, England, UK.
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David Woodfall / Purple emperor butterfly (Apatura iris) male on field maple hedge. Knepp Rewildling Estate, Sussex, England, UK.
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David Woodfall / Purple emperor butterfly (Apatura iris) female with closed wings. Knepp Rewildling Estate, West Sussex, England, UK.
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David Woodfall / Tamworth pig with mud on its snout from rooting around in soil which helps to create a habitat for Purple emperor butterflies (Apatura iris), Knepp, West Sussex, UK. June. Small repro only.
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David Woodfall / Purple emperor butterfly (Apatura iris) male puddling. Knepp Wildland Project, formerly intensive farmland now turned to conservation and sustainable farming. Horsham, West Sussex. England, UK. June
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David Woodfall / Purple emperor butterfly (Apatura iris) female on rose bush. Knepp Wildland Project, formerly intensive farmland now turned to conservation and sustainable farming. Horsham, West Sussex. England, UK....
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David Woodfall / Purple emperor butterfly (Apatura iris) female on rose bush. Knepp Wildland Project, formerly intensive farmland now turned to conservation and sustainable farming. Horsham, West Sussex. England, UK....
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David Woodfall / Purple emperor butterfly (Apatura iris) male puddling. Knepp Wildland Project, formerly intensive farmland now turned to conservation and sustainable farming. Horsham, West Sussex. England, UK. June
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David Woodfall / Purple emperor butterfly (Apatura iris) male on Goat willow (Salix caprea). Knepp Wildland Project, formerly intensive farmland now turned to conservation and sustainable farming. Horsham, West Sussex...
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David Woodfall / Purple emperor butterfly (Apatura iris ) male on Oak leaf. Knepp Wildland Project, formerly intensive farmland now turned to conservation and sustainable farming. Horsham, West Sussex. England, UK. Ju...
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Kim Taylor / Purple emperor butterfly (Apatura iris) male on birch showing coiled proboscis. Surrey, England, UK, June.
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MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Purple emperor butterfly (Apatura iris) showing irridescence on one wing due to angle of view, Mannheim, Germany. June.
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Jussi Murtosaari / Purple emperor butterfly (Apatura iris), female on the ground, Finland
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Jussi Murtosaari / Purple emperor butterfly (Apatura iris), male on a leaf, Finland, August.
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Jussi Murtosaari / Lesser purple emperor butterfly (Apatura ilia), sitting on a leaf, Finland, August.