ID on this Fritillary.from Lesvos
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ID on this Fritillary.from Lesvos
I saw this fritillary among several M telona, I just think that this one looks more like a M phoebe
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Re: ID on this Fritillary.from Lesvos
Have you considered Heath, rather than Knapweed, John ?
I hope I have learnt my lesson:
Check out the "engorged submarginal lunule"
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Chris
I hope I have learnt my lesson:
Check out the "engorged submarginal lunule"
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=8308
Chris
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Re: ID on this Fritillary.from Lesvos
I blame the teacher!cjackson wrote: I hope I have learnt my lesson...
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I'm sure you don't have an underside, John, or you wouldn't be asking the question - but on the off-chance I have to ask! From the upperside I'm not sure it's possible to be confident. I bought The Genus Melitaea Fabricius, by Oorschot and Coutsis, precisely to help with this kind of question, but I don't really feel any the wiser. Your butterfly does match one of the figures of telona very closely (fig. 4, plate 13), and more closely than any of the figures of phoebe, but phoebe is so variable I don't know that proves anything. The underside hindwing seems to have the most constant features, though even that is not 100% reliable.
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Re: ID on this Fritillary.from Lesvos
Thanks for the answer Guy, you are quit right I do not have the underside, if I have had, I wouldn't have been in doubt
so I will put this one in as a telona ![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
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Re: ID on this Fritillary.from Lesvos
The shape of the right-hand antennal tip, clearly visible join your photo, looks more like ornata (= telona). In phoebe it is more gradually thickened.
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Re: ID on this Fritillary.from Lesvos
Thanks Mikhail, a very interesting information ![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
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