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Apatura ilia f. ilia
A Lesser Purple Emperor male sucks the sweat of shoes he found on my porch. At this time of year the males look for minerals that will help them attract females.
Photo ID: Apatura_ilia_f._ilia.002
© Anne SORBES
Photo size: 24.0 Mpixels (68.7 MB uncompressed) - 6000x4000 pixels (20x13.3 in / 50.8x33.9 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Animal, Apatura, Apatura ilia, Apaturinae, Butterfly, France, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Lesser Purple Emperor, Limousin, Macro, Nature, Nymphalidae
Published in: In my garden, Lesser Purple Emperor (Apatura ilia)