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Marbled White differences
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 2:45 am
by rikski
Re: Marbled White differences
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:51 pm
by David M
Is the orange tint to the antennae in the second image natural or is something being reflected back onto the butterfly?
Re: Marbled White differences
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 3:35 pm
by rikski
The orange tint is natural. I checked the other shots I have, even the ones with no sunlight shows an orange tint.
Rik
Re: Marbled White differences
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 6:06 pm
by MikeOxon
The body shapes indicate that both are male. The first looks like a freshly-emerged, very strongly-marked example, whereas the other is more faded with age. That first one is a beautiful specimen with almost blue-looking spots on the hind wings!
Mike
Re: Marbled White differences
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 6:20 pm
by Padfield
It was the blue spots that leapt out at me when I saw that photo too! Those spots are always present in potentia but generally not expressed on the upperside of this species, being lost under the dark submarginal markings. They are exposed as standard in many of the non-British marbled whites.
A lovely individual.
Guy
Re: Marbled White differences
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:06 pm
by John W
This individual has the blue spotting too (taken today at the flower filled meadow in Marlpost woods).
(You have to click on the image to see them)
Cheers
John
Re: Marbled White differences
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 9:30 am
by MikeOxon
Another good specimen,
John W, and yours appears to be female, judging by the broad abdomen and yellow costa. Now, if she could get together with
rikski's, we might have our own race
britannicus!
Mike
