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Exotic butterfly expected to emerge in Britain by @patrick_barkham - The Guardian It is not blue birds but the long-tailed blue that has been found flying over the White Cliffs of Dover. The rare migratory butterfly has settled on chalk grassland owned by the National Trust and laid eggs, leading lepidopterists to hope for a spectacular late-summer emergence of the exotic insect on British soil. A vivacious little creature with distinctive tails on its wings, the long-tailed blue is found across Africa, southern Asia and Australia but it cannot survive the winters further north than the Mediterranean. theguardian/environment/2013/aug/29/long-tailed-blue-butterfly-dover?CMP=twt_fd
Posted on: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 15:51:22 +0000

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