I have the opportunity to spend a few days on Majorca from late next week (23rd Feb) - any suggestions for places where I might see my first butterflies of 2019 would be most welcome ?

thanks - SiFenn

molto grazie Charles

Happy New Year everyone Sitting in the gathering gloom of a rainy Stockport evening and thinking ahead to a hopefully warm, sunny week in early June in the hills of Tuscany, a place called Volterra near Sienna. If anyone can suggest any good butterfly sites in that general area of Italy I'd be very ...

Work commitments distracted me from ID'ing last few unknowns from a trip to Ghana back in July. I have trawled through wiki list of Ghana butterflies and searched available images on websites but would welcome any help with the following skippers 1. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4377/36740968555_14...

Thanks Guy - I take it you may have Larsen's guide - does it have illustrations or photos ? This Sarangesa spp. was one of the first butterflies I saw at Mole - I provisionally ID'd it as S laelius https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4364/37056387466_1a38e3fb79.jpg The other browner specimen (above) was ...

Following on from earlier post on unidentified Ghanaian nymphalidae, thanks to Guy for IDs and Pete for advice on inserting links to Flickr. So here goes with some unidentified Ghanaian skippers seen while wildlife watching in Mole National park. Welcome your thoughts. 1. An olive green skipper seen...

I used Image BBCode around a url copied from my Flickr album, according to the FAQs - grateful if you could explain 'place inline' - thanks

I had the opportunity to visit Ghana in July - still the rainy season and not peak for butterflies, but still had a very enjoyable time seeing well over a hundred species during my travels. I'd clocked up a dozen or more in central Accra within a day of arriving, then went north game watching in Mol...

I'll be en route from Stockport to Bristol and passing Glos/Wilts area on Sat 20th and wondering if I'm too late for a glimpse of Adonis Blue this year ? I was considering checking Rodborough/Stroud, Daneway Banks in Glos or West Yatton Down in Wilts. If anyone has any info to guide me I'd be gratef...

Have you tried 'Butterflies and Moths of North America' website ?

Edith looks a good match

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/spec ... ena-editha

Simon

My third group of IDs please from French Alps and Auvergne trip, turning attention to skippers... First skipper that I saw - a Marbled Skipper ? 19175 Red underwing Skippers ? 19182 19181 This obligingly tame Grizzled Skipper let me study its underwings - possibly Oberthur's ? 19183 19184 And I mana...

Many thanks for the replies - so if I've understood correctly, the concensus is that I saw 3 x Mountain and 1 x Berger ?

The reality of the moment was trying to capture any sort of image after a mad dash across a hillside, for later reflection, as they really were not waiting around !

regards

Simon

Grateful to those who've helped with ID of some Ringlets and Graylings from Alpine/Auvergne holiday in early July, which I posted a couple of days ago; now I've rounded up some Blues, Yellows and Whites which I've pored over, but would again welcome confirmation or correction. And thanks to Roger Gi...

I've been going through images from a recent holiday to Haute Savoie and the Auvergne in early July, and planning to post a report, but it's my first venture into Europe, and would welcome the thoughts of the collective to help confirm some IDs - first up I'm posting Browns; ringlets and graylings, ...

I found my first MRs at Irton Fell a couple of summers ago. Parked by Irton Pike and then followed path in a NE direction towards Whin Rigg; started to see them around the 450mtr contour. I found that I had to try to track them in the sun and watch where they came down as a cloud came over to have a...