Sardinia - Butterfly

markhows · Post by **markhows** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:00 am

Can anyone ID this butterfly seen in Sardinia this weekend

Thanks

Mark

Danny · Post by **Danny** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:01 am

It's a speckled wood, but it's the Southern one, they say the Rhone (I think) is the river that divides the orangy one from the creamy one (that we get). But Peter will know the details!!!!

I saw an Orangy one in Hampshire a couple of years ago.

Danny

Post by **Pete Eeles** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:07 am

Definitely a Speckled Wood, although a different subspecies from those found in the UK.

The critter you saw is Pararge aegeria aegeria.

Most of those in the UK are Pararge aegeria tircis.

My experience is that, the further north you move, the whiter the spots get!

Cheers,

- Pete

markhows · Post by **markhows** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 6:47 pm

Many Thanks, most interesting.

Also saw lots of yellow butterflies with a black body but did not get a pic, they were very common any Ideas

Thanks

Mark

eccles · Post by **eccles** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 12:20 am

If the wings had dark borders then they could have been one of the clouded yellow variants, pale or berger's, otherwise brimstone or perhaps cleopatra's brimstone.

Wayne · Post by **Wayne** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 2:41 am

Suprising how close the colours are to a "Wall". When I first looked at the pic I thought it was a funny shaped Wall