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A painted lady butterfly with frayed wing edges rests on a purple buddleia flower spike, illuminated by warm late afternoon sunlight.

An old painted lady on a buddleia spike at the end of August, its wing edges frayed and the scales rubbed away to clear membrane in patches, warm late sun from the right, a palette of salmon, black and violet, 100mm macro, shallow focus. Voir plus

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