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Apatura ilia f. Clytie
The male of the Lesser Purple Emperor has the distinction of having a blue iridescence that appears by exposure to light.
The clytie form for this species has orange stripes on top of its wings while they are white in specimens of Ilia form...
Photo ID: Apatura_ilia_f._Clytie
Anne Sorbes
Photo size: 10.7 Mpixels (30.5 MB uncompressed) - 4000x2667 pixels (13.3x8.9 in / 33.9x22.6 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Animal, Apatura, Apatura ilia, Apaturinae, Butterfly, Clytie, Corrèze, France, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Lesser Purple Emperor, Limousin, Macro, Male, Nature, Nymphalidae
Published in: In my garden, Lesser Purple Emperor (Apatura ilia)