Alan Whitehead's Pictures of Chichester

Marbled White (Melanargia Galathea) Male at Kingley Vale

Kingley Vale nature reserve has extensive areas of grassland and wildflower meadows, perfect habitat for Marbled White butterflies. Marbled Whites are more closely related to the Brown butterflies, than to the whites, but their black and white colouring and pattern are unmistakeable and unique amongst British species.

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Chichester, Wildlife in England

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Marbled White (Melanargia Galathea) Female at Kingley Vale

Kingley Vale nature reserve has extensive areas of grassland and wildflower meadows, perfect habitat for Marbled White butterflies. Marbled Whites are more closely related to the Brown butterflies, than to the whites, but their black and white colouring and pattern are unmistakeable and unique amongst British species. Where the 'marbling pattern' on the males is entirely black and white, the darker shades are a yellowy brown on the female, as in this image.

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Chichester, Wildlife in England

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