help with id

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Steve W
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help with id

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Can someone tell me what this is. It was taken in Western France in Poitou Charentes.
Apologies for quality of picture this was the only shot of it I got.

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Hi Steve,

Looks like a Glanville Fritillary (Melitaea cinxia) to me.

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