David M wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 11:05 am I'm struggling to see what else that could be, sonomoha, especially if the uppersides were dark rather than blue.

Thanks a lot, very much appreciated. I am never sure on first encounters. Lycaenidae so tricksy
Cheers.

Hello,
I have come across this fella in Bavaria (Germany) this week.
It appears to be a small blue. Help welcome to clear the identification.
Thank you very much.

Hello all,
How's your summer going?
A friend in Bavaria, Germany, sent me this.
I'd appreciate some help on IDentification.
Thank you in advance.
Looking forward to you replies.

Great Allan !
Superb. Congratulations and thank you for the help.
It looks like there is a confusion with the many ermine moth possibilities

hej all (-:
Hope all is well.
I am posting here to make an ID request of an ermine moth (?) that I photographed a while back in England.
iNaturalist says yponomeuta cagnagella but I would very much appreciate your feedback too.
Thank you very much. Cheers!

I'll happily settle for either (or both), sonomoha. :) I know precious little about Mayotte so anything would serve as an education. People are generally welcoming with Europeans and it is a little piece of Europe lost about the Indian Ocean. Lepidoptera and Odonata fly all year. Nature is generall...

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January 26th 2020 Hej all ! There are last three encounters on the road here in Mayotte. First two look like the usual blues and the other is a skipper that might be a Boro sp. . I was going for B gemella but it looks like they do look alike in that genus for a noob like myself :lol: I could really...

Good to see you return, sonomoha. I don't know much about Mayotte - any chance of a few habitat images? :) Hello hello, I am not quite sure what you meant by habitat :lol: - if humans, we live in regular houses (concrete walls, bricks...) - if insects, it's the Tropics so there is a wide range of h...

Hi Sonomoha, Your blue is Chilades trochylus . For a tiny butterfly, it has an amazing distribution - I have no idea how it gets around so much! I photographed this one in South India: https://www.guypadfield.com/india2012/trochylusindia30oct2012a.jpg I very much look forward to seeing more of your...

Are you coming back to the UK, sonomoha or is that it? Irrespective, I hope you will regale us with the butterflies you find wherever you are. :) Hello David M, hello all, For now, life matters took me here and I will most certainly come back to the UK. Best if career path takes me there but there ...

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Cracking shot of the Essex Sonomoha - that's a proper "ID" shot showing the 'ink dabs' really well :D 8) Have a goodun Wurzel Those are cool antennas for sure, I love skipper too much :lol: Like it, sonomoha. That's better than much of what you see in guide books for this species! Thanks ...

I wish you all the best, sonomoha, and given the far reaching scope of the world wide web, hope that you might find a little time to show us some of the delights Mayotte has to offer, both from a butterfly and a general perspective. Sure! thanks for the encouraging words. I will do my best (with sl...

How exciting - and daunting as well, I imagine! Just moving from Switzerland back to the UK was big for me ... I really look forward to your posts. Make the most of the British summer before you go, though! Best wishes, Guy Thank you Guy :) CH to UK is quite the move. How is it for butterfly watchi...

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