Leptidea reali

Réal's Wood White - Not found in Britain only in Ireland. A very delicate soft flying butterfly. It is our most recently discovered. As recent as 1988. The foodplant includes Tufted Vetch and Red Clover. Photographed at Greaghnafarna Co. Leitrim Ireland.

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