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Originally Posted by tempest  It's really amazing that so many people have seen the butterfly since I saw it last year! Maybe it is a foreign species that has come in numbers to Britain with the increase in temperature! (Not that you'd know it today!). I think if it brings so many people, enthusiasts and just the curious together and to be more interested in nature and butterflies that is fantastic- just hope we find out this butterfly's identity! I haven't seen another since last year, but many of you are and many are in agreement that it is not the cinnabar moth and numerous other species - someone snap it with their camera!!
Tempest |
There are a number of European butterflies and moths which have some pink colouration to a degree. i.e painted lady underside has some pink, some of the hawkmoths can have pinkish hues e.g. poplar, lime, elephants hawks but moths like hawks don't normally fly during the day. day flying moths like those already mentioned e.g.cinnabar have scarlet markings which might appear pinkish when they are on the wing otherwise i would say they are marked with scarlet/red markings. I am not aware of any which are completely pink although some foreign species are pinkish like silkmoths. Could it have been a release or escapee from somewhere
