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Warm January a False Spring for Bryansk Butterflies

17:11 18/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 18 (RIA Novosti)

Unseasonably warm winter weather and abundant rainfall in the forests around Bryansk have awakened the common brimstone butterfly (conepteryx rhamni) from hibernation months ahead of schedule, the Bryansky Les nature preserve said in a statement.

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