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Pyrgus armoricanus (?) and "albino" Small Heath
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 9:16 am
by traplican
Can you confirm my determination of
these skippers?
Possible dereminations are:
P. armoricanus,
P. alveus,
P. trebevicensis.
I have snapped also
"albino" Small Heath 
.
Re: Pyrgus armoricanus (?) and "albino" Small Heath
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 4:13 pm
by traplican
My determination has been confirmed by
Jiří Beneš.
It is
Pyrgus armoricanus.
Re: Pyrgus armoricanus (?) and "albino" Small Heath
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 5:14 pm
by Padfield
Hi Traplican,
I didn't answer because I'd never heard of P. trebevicensis!! I've since done some research and learned quite a bit...
I was going to suggest armoricanus rather than alveus, and now it seems trebevicensis is quite close to alveus, so your expert's ID of armoricanus fits nicely. Thanks for introducing me to a new species!
Interesting small heath!
Guy
Re: Pyrgus armoricanus (?) and "albino" Small Heath
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 5:22 pm
by Gibster
padfield wrote:I didn't answer because I'd never heard of P. trebevicensis!!
NO WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!! Sorry, Guy. You're officially OFF the UKB Egghead team.
Re: Pyrgus armoricanus (?) and "albino" Small Heath
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 5:32 pm
by Padfield
Phew! My little ruse worked.
Now I can watch, and point, and mock, and laugh from the safety of my sofa while Gibster does battle with Daphne and Pete takes on Kevin...
Guy
EDIT - Traplican - if you don't get the pop-culture references there, don't worry!!
Re: Pyrgus armoricanus (?) and "albino" Small Heath
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 5:20 pm
by traplican
Here is another colony of
P. armoricanus.
