Aberrant Ringlets
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 4:04 pm
My first post, so I hope it's formatted properly. Images are in my Flickr Photostream https://www.flickr.com/photos/hoppy1951/
I spotted a couple of aberrant Ringlets in South Wales this week:
1. Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus ab. nov?). This aberrant individual has some pear-shaped enlarged spots on its underwing, bearing some resemblance to ab. lanceolata.
![Image](https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7684/28473607555_dc670bc40c_z.jpg)
Kenfig National Nature Reserve, Bridgend, Wales, UK. 19/07/16
2. Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus ab. arete (Muller 1764)) Spots on underwing reduced to small white points with no encircling gold rings.
![Image](https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8669/27855893363_f0244c24e9_z.jpg)
My garden, Gilwern, Abergavenny, Mon., Wales, UK. 22/07/16
Corrections, comments etc. welcome.
Diolch yn fawr,
Allan
I spotted a couple of aberrant Ringlets in South Wales this week:
1. Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus ab. nov?). This aberrant individual has some pear-shaped enlarged spots on its underwing, bearing some resemblance to ab. lanceolata.
![Image](https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7684/28473607555_dc670bc40c_z.jpg)
Kenfig National Nature Reserve, Bridgend, Wales, UK. 19/07/16
2. Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus ab. arete (Muller 1764)) Spots on underwing reduced to small white points with no encircling gold rings.
![Image](https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8669/27855893363_f0244c24e9_z.jpg)
My garden, Gilwern, Abergavenny, Mon., Wales, UK. 22/07/16
Corrections, comments etc. welcome.
Diolch yn fawr,
Allan