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Posted: **Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:40 pm**

Please could anyone identify these butterflies from the South of France ?

thanks

charles

Posted: **Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:17 pm**

i am going to try and up my 0% identifying average and say number 2 is a Purple Hairstreak. Steve

Posted: **Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:49 pm**

Spotted fritillary for number 1 and ilex hairstreak for number 3?

Posted: **Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:10 pm**

Hi Charles,

I would go for Spotted Fritillary, Purple Hairstreak and False Ilex Hairstreak?
Now someone will prove me wrong

Cheers
Denise

Posted: **Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:53 pm**

I can't see any pictures!!

Guy

Posted: **Thu Sep 11, 2008 6:30 pm**

Ah- the pictures have arrived!

The last is an ilex hairstreak. It is worn and pale, which is why Denise went for false ilex, but all the visible features point to ilex. The jizz, which is what I mainly work on with these difficult species, is 100% ilex.

Guy

Posted: **Thu Sep 11, 2008 6:37 pm**

Well it was worth a try. Learning all the time.

Were the others right?

Denise

Posted: **Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:04 pm**

Spot on!

And I wouldn't swear to the ilex, without seeing it in the flesh. But I'm confident that is what it is.

Guy

Posted: **Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:45 pm**

I think that means i have got it right,

Posted: **Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:39 am**

Me too. Not bad for a two quid european butterfly guide.

Posted: **Fri Sep 12, 2008 12:19 pm**

thanks everyone !! that has really improved my tally of hairstreaks

i will post some more Papillons for you to identify shortly

Charles

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