Mallnitz - a problematic Blue

JKT · Post by **JKT** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 4:21 pm

I'm probably missing something obvious here, but I can't ID this one. The color is quite striking, the markings in hindwing are clear and then there is one spot where icarus would have two. But what species combines those three?

I'm pretty sure these are of the same individual as I was following it around for a while. It never seemed to stop for long enough.

Roger Gibbons · Post by **Roger Gibbons** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 4:56 pm

The upperside looks spot-on for eros to me. The unf cell spot is what one would expect for eros as well.

JKT · Post by **JKT** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 6:04 pm

Thanks! That was one major suspect, but the color seemed a bit different and the white "streak" under the hindwings didn't look like eros in T&L. Then again - this is the first I've seen (the one from Spain is suspect).

Interestingly enough, it should be "West of Gross Glockner" in Austria.

Post by **Padfield** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 6:59 pm

I agree. I go unhesitatingly for eros.

Guy

Mallnitz - a problematic Blue

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