What the heck is this?

Martin · Post by **Martin** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 7:34 pm

Appologies for the poor images...

This is the same individual, seen today at Yousden Bank.

Martin.

Post by **Pete Eeles** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 8:41 pm

I'll stick my neck out and say it's an aberration of a Brown Argus. Something similar here:

http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research ... BER=501278

Cheers,

- Pete

Martin · Post by **Martin** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 3:57 pm

Jeez...how many beers is that I owe you now?

Martin.

Dave McCormick · Post by **Dave McCormick** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 7:13 pm

I don't knw how much you owe Pete, but I bet he will have one powerful hangover after all of em

I would concur with Pete abou the abberation.

Tymo · Post by **Tymo** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:12 pm

There is blue on the underwing, so I would say it is a strange abberration of P. icarus.

Tymo

Post by **Pete Eeles** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:20 pm

Quite possibly - although I was putting the suggestion of Brown Argus down to 2 things:

1. There are more spots on the underside of a Common Blue - so more of an aberration required to remove them

2. The Brown Argus does have a bluish sheen (not scales) on both upperside and underside. Overly-sharpening a digital image can cause these areas to actually turn blue!

Either way - it's an ab!

Cheers,

- Pete

Tymo · Post by **Tymo** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:41 pm

I will forward your picture to some dutch butterfly specialists.

Tymo · Post by **Tymo** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:17 pm

A late response, results: agestis