More than 20,000 votes cast in Butterfly Conservation’s poll of 60 native species to find nation’s favourite for first time

Its striking colours and distinctive ‘eye-spots’ saw it clinch the top spot

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More than 20,000 votes cast in Butterfly Conservation’s poll of 60 native species to find nation’s favourite for first time