Daily Quiz

[Pete Eeles]

I'd say Holly Blue

Cheers,

- Pete

[Dave McCormick]

yep Pete, its Holly Blue, your turn again. Think is one of the highest fliers of all Blue butterflies, but could be wrong. I have seen them fly over very tall trees before

[Pete Eeles]

What links the Silver-washed Fritillary to Frederick Frohawk?

Cheers,

- Pete

[Rogerdodge]

Without looking it up, wasn't his daughter named Paphia?

Roger

[Dave McCormick]

His daughters name was Valezina, after the form "Valesina" the Greenish silver washed fritillary form

[Pete Eeles]

Dave is correct. Back to you Dave!

Cheers,

- Pete

[Rogerdodge]

Close but no cigar - note to self - look it up next time!!!
Roger

[Dave McCormick]

in Northern Ireland, what was the last known colony location of the Small Blue before it was feared extinct after no records of it since 2001?

[Pete Eeles]

Monawilkin? http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/area_interest_s ... No=ASSI013

Cheers,

- Pete

[Dave McCormick]

Yep Pete, Monawilkin is right. Last recorded in June 2001. I got to try harder with these questions over to you again pete!

[Pete Eeles]

2 subspecies, endemic to the British Isles, are extinct and, therefore, gone for good. What subspecies were they?

Cheers,

- Pete

[Rogerdodge]

These would be-
Large Copper - Lycaena Dispar subsp dispar.
Large Blue - Maculinea Arion subsp eutyphron.

[m_galathea]

Sorry folks I've only just read this thread, but the Green Hairstreak doesn't produce green pigment. It has a diffraction lattice which only has short range order. This is why it gives a uniform green and the colour doesn't change much over different angles in the way that many blue butterflies do. If you want to read the details yourself then get a copy of this paper or I can explain further if you want ; )

R. Morris, Iridescence from diffraction structures in the wing scales of Callophrys rubi, the Green Hairstreak, Journal of Entomology, 1975, vol 49, p149-154.

Alexander

[Pete Eeles]

Thanks Alexander - in that case I'd have changed the question

As for Rogerdodge - correct! Your turn!

Cheers,

- Pete

[Rogerdodge]

I love the old names our butterflies used to have, so-
Which British Buterfly was once named the Greasy Fritillary, and why?

Roger

[Padfield]

That would be the marsh fritillary, on account of the way the worn wings acquire a shiny look as the scales rub off.

Guy

[Rogerdodge]

Guy
You are, of course, correct.
Over to you-

[Padfield]

Keeping up with the 'greasy' theme...

Oil a sunbed in order to reveal this sun-loving creature (6 , 4)

Guy

[Piers]

Adonis Blue?

[Padfield]

Adonis blue it is!

We obviously need some tougher questions if this is to be a 'daily quiz' rather than a rapid-fire exchange of riddles!! And you're just the man for the job, Felix.

Over to you.

Guy