Hi Paul. I certainly intend to meet you when you come to Domodossola. I doubt
rivularis will still be flying but
morpheus will be.
I'm afraid I'm not so sold on the
cacaliae, though. I hear what John V says, but I have never seen
cacaliae with the second white mark in the discal region, after the cell mark. There is always a small cell mark and nothing outside it. Have a look at this couple - which are absolutely typical:
The wing texture looks wrong too, and the completeness of the discal band on the unh is at least unusual. This is a typical underside of cacaliae:
There is a strong central mark, with a gap below it.
I agree your butterfly doesn't have a strong basal mark in s.2 but it is worn and there is at least some white there. In
cacaliae this region may show some white, with an ill-defined outer edge, when the butterfly is very fresh, but I suspect this is the opposite - a once clear white mark that is now worn.
Finally, to my eye it just doesn't look like
cacaliae. Of course,
Pyrgus makes fools of the best of us and I could be quite wrong, but I prefer this for
alveus.
Now, what you could do, of course, is go back to my
flavofasciata site with me, get flavo and loads of free
cacaliae thrown in ...
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/images2013/flavofasciatacacaliae3august2013b.jpg)
(
flavofasciata with
cacaliae)
PM me with your availability for Domodossola or Switzerland. I'm off for
christi this weekend and as soon as possible will be bivvying up a mountain with Minnie again for
asteria (too far for a day trip)...
Guy