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Visitors to the Lake District are being asked to look out for a mountain butterfly which is the only one of its kind in England. The mountain ringlet is so elusive that, even in Scotland where it is ...

Visitors to the Lake District are being asked to look out for England’s only mountain butterfly to help scientists protect the rare species. The mountain ringlet, a small brown butterfly with orange ...

A new study has found that the sensitivity and recovery of UK butterfly populations to extreme drought is affected by the overall area and degree of fragmentation of key habitat types in the landscape ...

sightings wanted: Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust want people to report any sightings of the New Zealand forest ringlet butterfly as the insect faces a sharp decline. HAVE you seen the New ...