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Speckled Wood

Original - The Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) is a species of butterfly found in woodland clearings throughout much of Europe. The orange-spotted form (P. aegeria aegeria), depicted in the image, occurs in the SW and Italy; the cream-spotted form (P. aegeria tircis), elsewhere

Reason

A detailed and beautiful picture of a well-known European species shown in its natural habitat

Articles this image appears in

Speckled Wood, Satyrinae

Creator

Joaquim Alves Gaspar

• Support as nominator --Alvesgaspar (talk) 15:07, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
• Support. Lovely; I like the background especially. One always wishes for more depth of field in insect macros, but this one ranges from plenty sharp to just sharp enough over the head and wings.--ragesoss (talk) 19:19, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
• Support The best image that could be reasonably produced.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 20:30, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
• Support detailed, good composition and reasonably sharp Thisglad (talk) 11:13, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Promoted Image:Butterfly April 2008-2a.jpg MER-C 07:37, 3 October 2008 (UTC)