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Vince Massimo wrote:She made no mention of having gone to the correct end of the horse

By coincidence, I was browsing the d'Abrera volume on Neotropical Riodinidae only yesterday, and had been particularly drawn to this amazing genus (as well as to the even more extraordinary genus Stalachtis). I realised that the only Riodinid I have ever seen, even in butterfly farms, is Duke of Burgundy. There's a whole unexplored world out there ...

Guy

Padfield wrote:I realised that the only Riodinid I have ever seen, even in butterfly farms, is Duke of Burgundy. There's a whole unexplored world out there ...

Indeed..............
One reason I failed to find it on a general search, was that I assumed it was a Lycaenid

Vince

Item 13

I have been sent this image of a mystery (moth) caterpillar on a Willow tree.
Can't find it in my book.

Vince

Hi Vince,

That's a Knot Grass Acronicta rumicis.

Good hunting.

Kind regards. Mark

Many thanks, Mark . I will pass that on.

Vince

Item 14

Unknown caterpillar found on garden furniture.
Many thanks,
Vince

Hi all,

Can anyone identify who owns these eys please? Seen north of Oxford today.

Thanks.

Hi Nigel.

Welcome to the UKB forum.

This looks like Morpho peleides, the Common Blue Morpho. If seen in the wild, this will be an escape from a butterfly house, maybe Blenheim Palace?

Kind regards. Mark

Ha. Don't bother identifying this - my daughter evidently took the photograph in Blenheim butterfly collection!

Looks as though Mark had got there anyway

Can anyone identify these 2 butterflies.No.1 was taken in the Algarve,No.2 in Crete Thank you Jim

Hi Jim. Your first butterfly is a female cardinal, Argynnis pandora. The second is a mallow skipper, Carcharodus alceae. I would prefer to see an underside too to confirm the alceae, as there are a few other Carcharodus species in the region, but I have high confidence from the upperside alone.

Guy

Thanks for ID Guy

Item 13

I photographed this lovely butterfly yesterday, but I have been unable to accurately identify it. I have seen images of quite a few similar ones, but none with exactly the same markings. Any Ideas? Thanks! Its' wingspan was between 1 inch and 1 1/2 inches.

Hi Tony. This is a ringlet. It is a very variable species and perfectly normal that this one doesn't look exactly like pictures in the books.

See: http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species. ... hyperantus

Guy

Thanks Guy! Much appreciated. It was a lovely butterfly and posed willingly for me!

I was looking for photos of purple emperors on flickr and came up with this photo entitled "tawny emperor butterflies on milkweed". They look more like fritillaries but can anyone help me?

Hi Ian. I think those are great spangled fritillaries, Speyeria cybele, and certainly not tawny emperors!

The dangers of the web ...

Guy

Thanks Guy.