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Zephyr Blue??? in Turkey.
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 5:42 pm
by rezamink
Just got back from Mugla Province in Turkey.
Looking for an ID on this Male Blue...
Found a small colony on what appeared to be some sort of pea.
- Zephyr Blue?
Males had interesting behaviour, they always rested 'head down' on the tops of Grass / flower heads with wings tightly shut (So no shot of Uppers!). If another Male approached they would rapidly flick their wings.
Re: Zephyr Blue??? in Turkey.
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:03 pm
by Padfield
Hello Rezamink.
That's a lovely shot but I think the butterfly is most likely a common blue, Polyommatus icarus. It's definitely in the old genus Polyommatus (common blue, Eros blue, false Eros blue - indicated by the cell spot, fringe characters and pattern of white in the discal part of the hindwing). Of those three, common blue is distributionally the only real candidate, but I'll check to see if there are any more species in Turkey.
I've just got back home with hundreds of my own photos to process, so will take another look later if no one else has gone definitive.
Guy
Re: Zephyr Blue??? in Turkey.
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 7:04 pm
by rezamink
Thanks Guy...
Slightly disappointed it's not a bit more exotic!
Definately behaved completely differently to the ones we see in the UK... but I guess it's never 36 degrees C in the UK!!!
Re: Zephyr Blue??? in Turkey.
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 7:41 pm
by legless2007
I was also in Mugla province last week, I thought this one might have been a Zephyr?
again, not the best angle.
060611-19 by
legless2007, on Flickr
I'm so bad at blues.
Jo
Re: Zephyr Blue??? in Turkey.
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 7:43 pm
by legless2007
rezamink wrote:Thanks Guy...
Slightly disappointed it's not a bit more exotic!
Definately behaved completely differently to the ones we see in the UK... but I guess it's never 36 degrees C in the UK!!!
they don't sit still in Turkey do they?
Re: Zephyr Blue??? in Turkey.
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 7:49 pm
by legless2007