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ID of a very worn butterfly please
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 12:24 pm
by CFB
I saw this butterfly this morning in the Alpes-Maritimes, and would appreciate an ID:
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Colin
Re: ID of a very worn butterfly please
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 12:27 pm
by marmari
Very similar appearance to pics I have of a Tree Grayling.
Re: ID of a very worn butterfly please
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:21 pm
by Padfield
The colour makes you think of tree grayling but it is in fact a grayling (
semele).
Guy
Compare:
Grayling (9th October last year):
Tree grayling (9th October last year):
Re: ID of a very worn butterfly please
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:37 pm
by CFB
Thank you marmari and Guy.
And I saw a Tree Grayling a couple of days ago:
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Colin