Gegenes Skipper ID
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 4:29 am
After three long years I made my first trip abroad back to Bulgaria.
We visited a site in SW Bulgaria where I had seen Mediterranean Skipper on my previous trip.
Initially, I thought the butterfly in the attachment was this species, but after reviewing my image on the back of the camera I thought it may be Pygmy Skipper. Having now reviewed the image on my computer I believe the butterfly has the features that differentiate pumilio from nostrodamus. My image seems to have paler spots on the hind-wing underside and upperside, which do not occur in Nostradamus.
Would someone with experience of both species give me their opinion on the ID please.
We visited a site in SW Bulgaria where I had seen Mediterranean Skipper on my previous trip.
Initially, I thought the butterfly in the attachment was this species, but after reviewing my image on the back of the camera I thought it may be Pygmy Skipper. Having now reviewed the image on my computer I believe the butterfly has the features that differentiate pumilio from nostrodamus. My image seems to have paler spots on the hind-wing underside and upperside, which do not occur in Nostradamus.
Would someone with experience of both species give me their opinion on the ID please.