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Gatekeeper butterfly - Pyronia tithonus
Common butterfly with a wingspan to 40mm (1.6in). Light Brown to Brown wings with orange marking and thin white or dark edging. Brown body and wing roots, black "eye" at the tips of the orange wing marking with tiny double white spots to the "eye". Often feeds on bramble flowers. Habits thickets, hedgerows, scrub and open grassland. Abundant in England, Wales and Ireland but rare in Europe. Caterpillars of the Gatekeeper feed on various grasses.
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