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The Living Forest (324) : Gatekeeper

The Living Forest (324) : Gatekeeper

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Mark Billiau.


Premium (World), region Antwerp, Belgium

The Living Forest (324) : Gatekeeper

The Gatekeeper (also known as Hedge Brown) is a butterfly that prefers to live in a habitat where grasses grow in association with bushes, like woodland clearings or meadow margins.

This butterfly tends to rest always with its wings open, a benefit for photographers :-))
This way we can see very well the double pupils on its eyespots.

My shot shows a female specimen.

Dutch name : Oranje Zandoogje
German name : Rotbraunes Ochsenauge
Latin name : Pyronia tithonus

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