I see you want Chapter two, so here are another b'flies with Czech passport
It's all today's, saving
Camberwell Beauty and
Peacock. This day mightily rocked, some places were dead, but sometimes I didn't know what the hell shoot first. Achieved four new (not yet photographed) species in the sole biotope, which means I might get bored in the upcoming days.
Maybe it's a good time to make some things clear, eg. population density.
The
Camberwell Beauty is always a solid catch, hard to find, although not being under conservation at all. As for the rest of species here, I was basically 100% sure I'll meet them, so CB is a pleasant bonus.
Peacock is ever-present, if not even dominant. Sometimes outbreaked, hit rock to the nettles and you'll certainly flush out one or two.
Small Tortoiseshell,
Comma and
Red Admiral (Admiral - finally some Czech and English names are matching) are common too, but much less than
Peacock.
Map Butterfly is just like
Peacock, but not so widespread; still can be dominant. Sometimes makes massive "perching" in woody biotopes. And since it hates and chases probably everything that moves, the Map Butterfly is far more often testing my patience than being my shooting target. And it's more and more abundant year after year, probably loves certain agrocultural changes, just like
Swallowtail and
Lycaena dispar (Red Copper, or so). (On the other hand, it looks like we definitely lost Big Tortoiseshell here in the region! Whatta whatta!)
Ain't sure what to say about rest of "guys". Just another beautiful but common butterfiles I expected to meet and say hello... Maybe the
Speckled Wood is slightly problematic (fluctuating). It looks like Chequered Skipper is also having a comeback, although it's not exactly a garden type butterfly. As for the Yellow, I guess you're looking at
Pale Clouded Yellow.
Here goes the biotopes. First one's the winning one, hosting a great
Map Butterfly vs.
Red Admiral vs.
Speckled Wood dances (or fights); especially MB and RA was certainly not nice on each other. Photos 1, 2 and 5 are basically relevant for all b'flies posted here, saving
Camberwell Beauty, that's tied to biotope #3 from my yesterday's post.
Hope you enjoyed my lil' spring comparison.
. It's especially nice to see the Chequered Skippers, as here in Britain, we'd have to travel to Scotland to see ours. 
