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What the heck is this?
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 7:34 pm
by Martin
Appologies for the poor images...
This is the same individual, seen today at Yousden Bank.
Martin.
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 8:41 pm
by Pete Eeles
I'll stick my neck out and say it's an aberration of a Brown Argus. Something similar here:
http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research ... BER=501278
Cheers,
- Pete
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 3:57 pm
by Martin
Jeez...how many beers is that I owe you now?
Martin.
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 7:13 pm
by Dave McCormick
I don't knw how much you owe Pete, but I bet he will have one powerful hangover after all of em
I would concur with Pete abou the abberation.
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:12 pm
by Tymo
There is blue on the underwing, so I would say it is a strange abberration of P. icarus.
Tymo
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:20 pm
by Pete Eeles
Quite possibly - although I was putting the suggestion of Brown Argus down to 2 things:
1. There are more spots on the underside of a Common Blue - so more of an aberration required to remove them
2. The Brown Argus does have a bluish sheen (not scales) on both upperside and underside. Overly-sharpening a digital image can cause these areas to actually turn blue!
Either way - it's an ab!
Cheers,
- Pete
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:41 pm
by Tymo
I will forward your picture to some dutch butterfly specialists.
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:17 pm
by Tymo
A late response, results: agestis