The male meadow brown is mainly brown with washed-out orange patches on the forewings. He has one eyespot on both forewings and none on the hindwings. He is nectaring on a Mayweed flower, which looks like a large Daisy, having a plump yellow centre surrounded by ~20 white finger-like petals.

"Brown Sugar"

male Meadow Brown butterfly nectaring on a Mayweed flower at Swanbister, #Orkney.

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