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My first ever post

I've just returned from a week in Evia where I took some pictures of butterflys. Being a complete neophyte where butterflys are concerned I haven't a clue as to the species, but I though perhaps some of you would enjoy the pics. If anyone would care to ID the pics that would be great

Cheers

Bob

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THREE


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FIVE


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SEVEN


EIGHT


NINE


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THIRTEEN


FOURTEEN


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EIGHTEEN


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last one is a moth

Hi Bob, and welcome!

I'll take your pictures in order and give some first impressions.

1 This looks like Hipparchia sp. There are many Hipparchia in Greece and they are all quite variable, so I'll compare against the maps when I get home to see what flies in Evia (I'm at work at the moment!!). A possibility is that this is an extremely (anomolously) dark rock grayling, Hipparchia alcyone - but more on that later.
2 Southern white admiral, Liminits reducta.
3-7 Common blue, Polyommatus icarus.
8-9 Meadow brown, Maniola jurtina.
10 Lulworth skipper, Thymelicus acteon.
11 I think this is another meadow brown - I'll check for other possibilities when I get home.
12 Wall, Lasiommata megera.
13-16 Small/Essex skipper, Thymelicus sylvestris/lineola. On these views I'm pushed to say which - so maybe more later, after others have voiced their opinions!
17 Painted lady, Vanessa cardui.
18 Eastern dappled white, Euchloe ausonia.
19 Swallowtail, Papilio machaon.
20 It's a species of yellow underwing moth. Without a book here, I wouldn't like to say which - I don't know my moths so well...

I suppose I ought to do some teaching now.

Guy

Thanks Guy

I'm impressed you got 18 given what a rubbish pic it was

I have another week off teaching

Cheers

Bob

On the numbers 13-16 I have nothing to add, but the last one is probably Noctua pronuba. It is very common pretty much everywhere and very few look quite like it. As far as I know, the only choice could be Noctua tertia - I have no idea what it looks like.

The grayling is not rock grayling, which doesn't fly in Greece, but a dark individual of eastern rock grayling, Hipparchia syriaca.

This is a similarly dark individual taken from Matt Rowlings's site (http://www.eurobutterflies.com/):



Guy