What is it please?

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cheddar-caveman
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What is it please?

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Anybody give me a positive ID on this please?

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Looks like an aberrant Marbled White. ab. rubra seems close-ish!

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JKT
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I would have called this one M. lachesis, except that has not been found in GB.
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Leucistic Melanargia galathea.
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Piers
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Hi Cheddar Caveman,

May I ask where the photo was taken - this is an aberration that is a speciality of an area not too far from Cheddar!

Although nationally very scarce indeed there are a couple of sites on Mendip where this form does crop up with regularity.

Send me a PM if you like..

All the best,

Felix.
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