A man has appeared in court charged with capturing, killing and possessing specimens of the UK's rarest butterfly.
Phillip Cullen, 57, is accused of six offences relating to Large Blue (Maculinea arion) butterflies, which are endangered globally.
He is alleged to have captured and killed one Large Blue from Daneway Banks, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire, on June 18 in 2015.
Cullen is also said to have captured and killed a second Large Blue from Collard Hill, near Street, Somerset,...
