Buterfly ID

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edgueinart
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Buterfly ID

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Hi there,I went to Portugal for Christmas and I took this photo,is it a Portuguese speckledwood?
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Pararge aegeria by edgueinart, on Flickr
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It is. The subspecies aegeria flies in Portugal and has an orange ground colour in place of the cream of the subspecies found in the UK (tircis).

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