As it happens, Pete, I agree with you!
The Weaver's frits are certain - Denise, the hindwing shape is a key giveaway, quite apart fom the general jizz.
However, the four
Mellicta butterflies, that Pete correctly defaults to heath, might need some more work. The upperside picture certainly strikes me intuitively as heath, even though it is so dark. It's worth mentioning that
aurelia (Nickerl's) in the field is really
very different from heath frit - one of those that if you're not quite sure, it probably isn't. They are small, dully dark, and rather weak fliers. Tim, Matt and I spent hours pouring over each other's photos of butterflies we thought might be, then when Matt and I eventually saw them in the field we realised instantly that everything we had previously classed as Nickerl's wasn't!! Of course, they might be different in Hungary...
Here are a couple of Swiss Nickerl's frits, for comparison:
(thanks again, Jerry!!)
I've got a bus to catch so must come back to the undersides later, but in the meantime, it would be excellent if you had any of the local heath frits, ups and uns, to compare with. That species is so incredibly variable it is always useful to have a local
point de repère, as they say round here!
Guy
