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Sardinia - Butterfly
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:00 am
by markhows
Can anyone ID this butterfly seen in Sardinia this weekend
Thanks
Mark
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:01 am
by Danny
It's a speckled wood, but it's the Southern one, they say the Rhone (I think) is the river that divides the orangy one from the creamy one (that we get). But Peter will know the details!!!!
I saw an Orangy one in Hampshire a couple of years ago.
Danny
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:07 am
by Pete Eeles
Definitely a Speckled Wood, although a different subspecies from those found in the UK.
The critter you saw is Pararge aegeria aegeria.
Most of those in the UK are Pararge aegeria tircis.
My experience is that, the further north you move, the whiter the spots get!
Cheers,
- Pete
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 6:47 pm
by markhows
Many Thanks, most interesting.
Also saw lots of yellow butterflies with a black body but did not get a pic, they were very common any Ideas
Thanks
Mark
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 12:20 am
by eccles
If the wings had dark borders then they could have been one of the clouded yellow variants, pale or berger's, otherwise brimstone or perhaps cleopatra's brimstone.
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 2:41 am
by Wayne
Suprising how close the colours are to a "Wall". When I first looked at the pic I thought it was a funny shaped Wall
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