Pale Beige and orange butterfly with white markings resting on a green leaf

Brown Hairstreak. Photo: Mark Pike

Pale beige and orange butterfly with white markings resting on a green leaf

Brown Hairstreak. Photo: Mark Pike

These are the two additional photos mentioned in the recent separate posting following Mark’s visit to Alner’s Gorse on 28/07/2020 and he commented about these as follows:

This male Brown Hairstreak was exceptionally pale in colour and I have never seen one quite like it before, not sure if it is an aberration but certainly looks like it. I have included a photo of a normal male for comparison (NB this is shown in the separate posting mentioned).

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