High Brown or Dark Green?

[tomdunbar]

Hi Guys

Oblique photo makes this one tricky. Upperwing 3rd space could possibly be interpreted as HBF but.....?
Underwing silver dot with brown halo (ringed by me) - again poor photo leaves it unclear. This is important as was reported by visitor by email on Lancashire BC reserve where reported for first time in 3 years.
Jury out maybe???

Your help appreciated as ever.

BWs

Tom Dunbar

[Mark Colvin]

Hi Tom.

My money is on a female High Brown Fritillary.

My reasoning, the 3rd dot from the apex of the forewing appears indented toward the body; it is in line with the other dots in the Dark Green Fritillary. Secondly, the row of ocelli just inside the outer margin which are lacking in the Dark Green Fritillary. I agree, camera angle can make identification difficult (sometimes impossible) but I believe there is enough clarity in these shots to confirm identity.

Good hunting.

Kind regards. Mark

[Pete Eeles]

I agree with Mark - looks like HBF to me!

Cheers,

- Pete

[MikeOxon]

having been viewing HBF recently in Wales, I'd be confident that this is one.

The red-rimmed eye spots on the under wing are visible in the first photo and, in addition to the points made by others, the trailing edges of he fore-wing are slightly concave, whereas DGF are usually convex. So, looks good to me as well