Crimea peninsula, year 2012

[serhiy popoff]

I just visited Crimea peninsula again after 70s last century. First of all Pandoriana pandora everywhere on flower beds registered, amazing thing there is such a big fritillary...

[serhiy popoff]

Heere are some next pictures from my Crimean trip, September 2012

sun rise meditation Zaozernoe Evpatorya Krymea 2012_09_08-02 sm
http://www.velodom.com.ua/big/66226


sun rise Zaozernoe Evpatorya Krymea 2012_09_08-07 sm
http://www.velodom.com.ua/big/66227


sun rise meditation Zaozernoe Evpatorya Krymea 2012_09_08-11 sm
http://www.velodom.com.ua/big/66228


Grassland habitat butterflies:

grassland Zaozernoe Evpatorya Krymea 2012_09_06-2 sm
http://www.velodom.com.ua/big/66232


icarus Zaozernoe Evpatorya Krymea 2012_09_06-03 sm (male)
http://www.velodom.com.ua/big/66230


icarus Zaozernoe Evpatorya Krymea 2012_09_06-10 female
http://www.velodom.com.ua/big/66231


daplidice Zaozernoe Evpatorya Krymea 2012_09_06-01 sm
http://www.velodom.com.ua/big/66233


thersamon Zaozernoe Evpatorya Krymea 2012_09_06-01 sm
http://www.velodom.com.ua/big/66234


Flower bed habitat butterfly:

flower bed Zaozernoe Evpatorya Krymea 2012_09_06-2 sm
http://www.velodom.com.ua/big/66235


cardui Zaozernoe Evpatorya Krymea 2012_09_09-2 sm
http://www.velodom.com.ua/big/66236


Bare ground and stone habitat butterfly:

megera Zaozernoe Evpatorya Krymea 2012_09_09-2 sm
http://www.velodom.com.ua/big/66237

[Mark Colvin]

Hi Sergey,

I'm no 'expert' on the European Lycaenidae but I think your icarus are in fact specimens of the Southern Brown Argus (Aricia cramera), or something very similar that occurs in your region; maybe Aricia artaxerxes allous. Also, is it possible that your daplidice might be edusa?

I'll now wait to be shot down in flames ...

Good hunting.

Kind regards. Mark