Rare butterfly on flower, video

This 9 June 2016 video is by Luuk Punt from the Netherlands. It shows a specimen of a butterfly species which is rare in the Netherlands, a Glanville fritillary.

Glanville fritillary caterpillars feed on several species of plants in the genera Plantago and Veronica.

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