Whilst this country was troubled with rain,three of us from Clacton County High School zoology group of 56 yrs ago,made a trip to the Brenne(about 40 mins East of Poitier) for a week from 28th June.The weather was nearly perfect-sun for most of the time.We saw 47 species and some of the interesting ones plus one fly are shown below.We only missed out on the Alcon Blue.
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Visit to the Brenne.
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Visit to the Brenne.
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Part 2.
We stayed at Le Blanc,ideally situated for the sites and had help from Tony Williams at the "Maison du Nature"at the Cherine reserve.
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We stayed at Le Blanc,ideally situated for the sites and had help from Tony Williams at the "Maison du Nature"at the Cherine reserve.
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Excellent photos. Hard to believe that a few hundred miles can make such a profound difference regarding butterfly numbers/range of species.
Incidentally, is your Purple Emperor underside not Lesser Purple Emperor?
Incidentally, is your Purple Emperor underside not Lesser Purple Emperor?
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I see what you mean with the paler discal band,but it was a rather large butterfly.I will check the other photo's.Here is an underside view of the Lesser purple emperor.Thanks for pointing it out.
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Re: Visit to the Brenne.
iris usually has a much more visible level of dark/light contrast on the underside than ilia. I always hesitate to make pronouncements when the likes of Guy/Roger, etc are far better placed to comment, however I feel that this butterfly is ilia.
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Here is a shot of iris from Botany Bay last year.This illustrates the difference exactly.I will have to check our other photo's for a P.E.
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Re: Visit to the Brenne.
This brought back schoolboy memories - I spent a week in the Brenne in July of 1980, I think.
As David says, and you now see, that is definitely a lesser purple emperor. But there are purple emperors in the Brenne - or there were in July 1980...
Guy
As David says, and you now see, that is definitely a lesser purple emperor. But there are purple emperors in the Brenne - or there were in July 1980...
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Re: Visit to the Brenne.
Thanks Guy.There are still Purple Emperors there,more than can be said for the Chiddingfold wood at the moment.Can they survive drowning?
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