Gatekeeper spots

Zonda · Post by **Zonda** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 4:46 pm

None on this fems underwings.

And possibly too many on this male,,,,, i know nothing.

Zonda · Post by **Zonda** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 4:56 pm

Maybe they are just a variable species.

Cotswold Cockney · Post by **Cotswold Cockney** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 5:03 pm

No two specimens are ever truly identical ...
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lee3764 · Post by **lee3764** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:32 pm

The second photo is the Gatekeeper ab: "multiocellata". It is not too rare here in Cornwall with maybe 3 or 4 seen most years if you get out a few times & look for Gatekeepers at least! I don't think it is as frequent in other parts of the UK though!
Cheers,
Lee (Cornwall).

Post by **Pete Eeles** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:48 pm

lee3764 wrote:The second photo is the Gatekeeper ab: "multiocellata".

Why not ab. excessa? Multiocellata seems to be assigned to individuals whose "eyes" also contain "pupils" if I interpret the Cockayne database correctly. See:

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-cur ... ecLimit=20

Cheers,

- Pete

Zonda · Post by **Zonda** » Sat Jul 24, 2010 5:27 am

Thanks for the input. So, the male is one of those two abbs. and the female is just a variable.

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