Eleanor and the Butterfly
<p>One of <a href="https://butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/glanville-fritillary" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Britain’s rarest butterflies</a>, it is found on coastal landslips and collapsed cliffs where its caterpillar host plant, Ribwort Plantain (<em>Plantago lanceolata</em>, Plantaginaceae), grows. It is most abundant (for very low values of abundance) on the Isle of Wight, with even smaller numbers occurring in chalk downs on the mainland. In the UK, it is just holding on by its tiny tarsi. Fortunately for the species, populations across the Channel are more robust. While it teeters in Britain, it thrives in Europe and Central Asia.</p>
<p>The butterfly’s common name commemorates the remarkable naturalist Eleanor Glanville.</p>
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