Brown Argus query
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 7:15 pm
Hi
Both of these photos were taken on 9th August at Lac des Gloriettes in the French Pyrenees.
I think this is A.cramera as it is well marked with rounded wingtips. The image in T&L looks right.
This screams A. artaxerxes to me, but on checking Leraut I find that A. artaxerxes does not occur in the Pyrenees, but A.montensis does. The image in T&L of montensis shows a very pointed wingtip but this individual doesn't seem to have this.
To further muddy the waters I looked on Guy Padfields site and he has an image on his montensis page that looks a lot like my first image!
I'm thoroughly confused. Any advice or opinion would be greatly appreciated.
Bob Lambert
Both of these photos were taken on 9th August at Lac des Gloriettes in the French Pyrenees.
I think this is A.cramera as it is well marked with rounded wingtips. The image in T&L looks right.
This screams A. artaxerxes to me, but on checking Leraut I find that A. artaxerxes does not occur in the Pyrenees, but A.montensis does. The image in T&L of montensis shows a very pointed wingtip but this individual doesn't seem to have this.
To further muddy the waters I looked on Guy Padfields site and he has an image on his montensis page that looks a lot like my first image!
I'm thoroughly confused. Any advice or opinion would be greatly appreciated.
Bob Lambert