13 Nov 2020

Critter of the Week Tussock Ringlet butterfly

From Afternoons, 3:35 pm on 13 November 2020

The Tussock Ringlet or Common Tussock butterfly is an "all-terrain" South Island butterfly found from saltmarshes at sea-level to alpine zones as high as 1950 metres.

Female Tussock Ringlet (Jérôme Albre Creative Commonsimage CC BY 2.0)

Side view of Tussock Ringlet (Credit Jon Sullivan flickr CC BY-NC 2.0 flickr.)

Female Tussock Ringlet on flowers (Credit Hazel Holmes)

Female Tussock Ringlet on tussock (Credit Hazel Holmes)

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