Biosphoto | 2582024 | Lesser purple emperor (Apatura ilia), on a leaf of Common Reed (Phragmites australis), at the edge of a pond, in La Robertsau at the end of summer, in the Réserve Naturelle Nationale du massif forestier de la Robertsau et de La Wantzenau. Alsace, France | © Yves Noto Campanella / Biosphoto
Biosphoto | 2582024 | Lesser purple emperor (Apatura ilia), on a leaf of Common Reed (Phragmites australis), at the edge of a pond, in La Robertsau at the end of summer, in the Réserve Naturelle Nationale du massif forestier de la Robertsau et de La Wantzenau. Alsace, France | © Yves Noto Campanella / Biosphoto
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Lesser purple emperor (Apatura ilia), on a leaf of Common Reed (Phragmites australis), at the edge of a pond, in La Robertsau at the end of summer, in the Réserve Naturelle Nationale du massif forestier de la Robertsau et de La Wantzenau. Alsace, France

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Reference
2582024
License
Right Managed
Date of shooting
2010-09-12