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Butterflies of the Western Palearctic: December 2015

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Butterflies of the Western Palearctic. Sunday, 13 December 2015. Genus special: Coenonympha (part II). Second part in the Coenonympha special. Russian heath - Coenonympha leander. Distributed from the Balkan over Turkey to the Caucasus from 500-2000m, from hilly grasslands to subalpine zone. Balkan heath - Coenonympha (leander) orientalis. False ringlet - Coenonympha oedippus. Scarce heath - Coenonympha hero. Large heath - Coenonympha tullia. A species that has declined massively in NW-Europe and has dis...

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Butterflies of the Western Palearctic: November 2016

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Butterflies of the Western Palearctic. Wednesday, 16 November 2016. Orange Hesperids in NW-Europe. When browsing through all sorts of citizen science pages collecting nature observation data I notice there is still a lot of confusion about the determination of some widespread orange Hesperids in at least NW-Europe but definitely also outside that area. But an Ochlodes sylvanus. Although I believe that the author, T. Lafranchis, achieved a lot with his books on European butterfly determination - makin...

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Butterflies of the Western Palearctic: May 2016

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Butterflies of the Western Palearctic. Sunday, 22 May 2016. Sooty copper in Flanders. Last Saturday I had made a compromise with my girlfriend. We visited a 90 year old family member of hers and I promised to join her if before our visit we could visit one of the few Flemish populations of Sooty copper Lycaena tityrus. Copula, female to the left. Egg, female lands on the foodplant and crawls down the plant to lay an egg on the base of the stem of the foodplant. On this location Rumex acetosa.

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Butterflies of the Western Palearctic: November 2015

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Butterflies of the Western Palearctic. Sunday, 1 November 2015. Variability in Lesser purple emperor. Last august 2015 I was travelling through central Europe with my girlfriend looking for butterflies, see also one of my previous posts. One of the species I wanted to try to see was Freyer's purple emperor Apatura metis. At both locations we saw a great number of Apatura species and although most were readily identified as Lesser purple emperor Apatura ilia. A typical Lesser purple emperor f. clytie.

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Butterflies of the Western Palearctic: September 2016

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Butterflies of the Western Palearctic. Monday, 5 September 2016. Spain: 18th July - 4th August : Hesperids. Under this species a complex of closely related taxa is parked and some authors even give species rank to some of the described taxa, f.e. ssp. accretus. Or ssp. trebevicensis. For Spain ssp. centralhispaniae. Is described. Pictures are from Sierra de la Sagra, both pictures show the same individual. Species is present. Pictures are from Sierra Tejeda. A territorial male from the Alpujarras. Since ...

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Butterflies of the Western Palearctic: March 2015

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Butterflies of the Western Palearctic. Wednesday, 18 March 2015. Some pitfalls in the recognition of Large and Scarce tortoiseshell. During the last week I have been searching again for Scarce tortoiseshell Nymphalis xanthomelas. In the northern part of Belgium. Unfortunately without luck for the Scarce tortoiseshell but I still had a species-rich two days with eggs of Ilex hairstreak Satyrium ilicis. Caterpillars of Glanville fritillary Melitaea cinxia. And a Large tortoiseshell Nymphalis polychloros.

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Butterflies of the Western Palearctic: July 2015

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Butterflies of the Western Palearctic. Monday, 13 July 2015. Day 12: Gnishik - southern slopes. Anthocharis cardamines, this individual has some features of the southeastern subspecies 'phoenissa'; the orange apical spot is bordered by clear dark dusting. Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) cf. huberti. More information to follow. Habitat view, the few houses of the village of Gnishik at the left in the background. Sunday, 12 July 2015. Day 11: Selim pass. My first goal from there was to visit Selim pass. I went w...

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Butterflies of the Western Palearctic: Spain: 18th July - 4th August : Nymphalids (Incl. Satyrids)

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Butterflies of the Western Palearctic. Sunday, 4 September 2016. Spain: 18th July - 4th August : Nymphalids (Incl. Satyrids). The Iberian subspecies of Argynnis adippe. Is with its greenish wash on the underside very different of the nominate subspecies that is present in a large part of Europe. Here in Sierra de la Sagra but can be found in large parts of Iberia. We didn't expect to see this local species this late, early august in Sierra de Albarracin. But I am no botanist). Endemic of the eastern part...

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Butterflies of the Western Palearctic: August 2015

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Butterflies of the Western Palearctic. Saturday, 29 August 2015. Pyrenees July 2015 - Part I. Summer is to busy for butterfly enthusiasts to maintain a blog. hence the long time since the last post. In the second half of July I visited the Pyrenees and a part of central Spain with two friends. In this part some pictures of the Pyrenees and the southern foothills of the Pyrenees. First we headed to the French side and visited some locations near Gavarnie and Tourmalet to search for some Erebia's. By Couts...

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Butterflies of the Western Palearctic: June 2015

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Butterflies of the Western Palearctic. Tuesday, 30 June 2015. Day 2-3 Noravank gorge. Is a small church lying in a long gorge southeast of Areni. I didn't pay too much attention to the church but had my views in the other direction. Butterfly watching in an amazing scenery, for birdwatchers among the readers; with golden eagle, blue rock thrush and red-fronted serin. Saturday, 27 June 2015. Day 1 - Day 2: East of Urtsadzor - Southern borders of Khosrov state reserve. Friday, 26 June 2015. Of course this ...