Euphydryas aurinia

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Euphydryas aurinia

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The Irish subspecies hibernica.
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Re: Euphydryas aurinia

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Nice! I had a breeding colony of these going for about 8 years back in the 90s. Even though they originally came from about 8 wild-collected larvae they never showed any signs of weakness due to inbreeding.
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