www.ukbutterflies.co.uk

I'd say Holly Blue

Cheers,

- Pete

yep Pete, its Holly Blue, your turn again. Think is one of the highest fliers of all Blue butterflies, but could be wrong. I have seen them fly over very tall trees before

What links the Silver-washed Fritillary to Frederick Frohawk?

Cheers,

- Pete

Without looking it up, wasn't his daughter named Paphia?

Roger

His daughters name was Valezina, after the form "Valesina" the Greenish silver washed fritillary form

Dave is correct. Back to you Dave!

Cheers,

- Pete

Close but no cigar - note to self - look it up next time!!!
Roger

in Northern Ireland, what was the last known colony location of the Small Blue before it was feared extinct after no records of it since 2001?

Monawilkin? http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/area_interest_s ... No=ASSI013

Cheers,

- Pete

Yep Pete, Monawilkin is right. Last recorded in June 2001. I got to try harder with these questions over to you again pete!

2 subspecies, endemic to the British Isles, are extinct and, therefore, gone for good. What subspecies were they?

Cheers,

- Pete

These would be-
Large Copper - Lycaena Dispar subsp dispar.
Large Blue - Maculinea Arion subsp eutyphron.

Sorry folks I've only just read this thread, but the Green Hairstreak doesn't produce green pigment. It has a diffraction lattice which only has short range order. This is why it gives a uniform green and the colour doesn't change much over different angles in the way that many blue butterflies do. If you want to read the details yourself then get a copy of this paper or I can explain further if you want ; )

R. Morris, Iridescence from diffraction structures in the wing scales of Callophrys rubi, the Green Hairstreak, Journal of Entomology, 1975, vol 49, p149-154.

Alexander

Thanks Alexander - in that case I'd have changed the question

As for Rogerdodge - correct! Your turn!

Cheers,

- Pete

I love the old names our butterflies used to have, so-
Which British Buterfly was once named the Greasy Fritillary, and why?

Roger

That would be the marsh fritillary, on account of the way the worn wings acquire a shiny look as the scales rub off.

Guy

Guy
You are, of course, correct.
Over to you-

Keeping up with the 'greasy' theme...

Oil a sunbed in order to reveal this sun-loving creature (6 , 4)

Guy

Adonis Blue?

Adonis blue it is!

We obviously need some tougher questions if this is to be a 'daily quiz' rather than a rapid-fire exchange of riddles!! And you're just the man for the job, Felix.

Over to you.

Guy