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ID PLEASE
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:30 am
by IanCalland
Could someone advise on this creature please.
Many thanks.
Re: ID PLEASE
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:26 am
by Pete Eeles
Hi Ian - where was this taken?
Cheers,
- Pete
Re: ID PLEASE
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 1:08 pm
by Paul Wetton
Quick search on the net it looks most like a Plumbago Blue Leptotes plinius
Thats as far as I can get with this one.
Re: ID PLEASE
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:17 pm
by Padfield
It does look like
Leptotes - but a country at least would be good to pin down the species!
Guy
Re: ID PLEASE
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:19 pm
by David M
Is it a specimen from a butterfly house?
Re: ID PLEASE
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:50 pm
by DaveO'B
I've no idea what the butterfly is, but the same picture has been posted on the Talk Photography Forum, here:
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums ... p?t=438984
The poster's location is Brisbane, Australia, so that should narrow things down!
Dave
Re: ID PLEASE
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 2:22 pm
by Paul Wetton
I'm sticking with Plumbago or Zebra Blue (Leptotes plinius) as it is found in Australia.
Re: ID PLEASE
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 3:56 pm
by Padfield
Paul was spot on. This is the only species of
Leptotes found in Australia. To cap it, this is a female, laying on the larval hostplant,
Plumbago auriculata.
I have seen
Leptotes plinius in India, where it is rather different (and known as the Zebra blue):
The hindwing pattern is the giveaway for
Leptotes. Our own
L. pirithous is very similar.
Guy
Re: ID PLEASE
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:42 am
by IanCalland
Hi Guys,
Many apologies for not responding as I have been on holiday.
A friend of mine posted the picture to me, He advised me he took it whilst on hols near Hastings in Sussex.
Re: ID PLEASE
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:43 am
by IanCalland
Could it be an escapee from a butterfly house on the south coast?
Re: ID PLEASE
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 7:27 am
by Colin Knight
Here is a Plumbago Blue with identical markings "Taken in Brisbane on an introduced plumbago plant":
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58356728@N07/6437809495/
Re: ID PLEASE
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:29 am
by Padfield
IanCalland wrote:A friend of mine posted the picture to me, He advised me he took it whilst on hols near Hastings in Sussex.
Does he know that Stephy from Brisbane posted the same picture on her Flickr page (as Dave O'B pointed out earlier)?
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums ... p?t=438984
Guy
Re: ID PLEASE
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 11:47 am
by IanCalland
Oh well, we live and learn. Last time I will try to help individuals from other forums
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