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White-letter Hairstreak Butterfly (Satyrium w-album) This beautiful hairstreak butterfly is one of five Hairstreaks in the UK, nearly all of them elusive and with specific environmental requirements.<br />
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The species was almost wiped out just a few short decades ago and is still not anywhere close to recovering its former numbers.<br />
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Find out what happened here: <section class="video"><iframe width="448" height="282" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-RxTzi_J85I?hd=1&autoplay=0&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></section> Geotagged,Satyrium w-album,Summer,United Kingdom,White-letter hairstreak

White-letter Hairstreak Butterfly (Satyrium w-album)

This beautiful hairstreak butterfly is one of five Hairstreaks in the UK, nearly all of them elusive and with specific environmental requirements.

The species was almost wiped out just a few short decades ago and is still not anywhere close to recovering its former numbers.

Find out what happened here:

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Calbost Niel

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Nice setting Philip Posted 4 years ago
1. Philip Booker
  
  Lion
  
  The wind was playing havoc again.
  
  I had to artificially stabilise the video Posted 4 years ago

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The White-letter hairstreak

The white-letter hairstreak is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Philip Booker

By Philip Booker

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Uploaded Aug 5, 2021. Captured Aug 4, 2021 13:51 in 33 Crespin Way, Brighton BN1 7FG, UK.

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Captured in the summer. More summer photos.