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27-04-2009, 07:00 PM
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| | | Brown and orange butterfly
Hello everybody.
I'm new in the forum and I need some help to identify this butterfly.
At first I thought it was a Lasiommata megera - Wall brown, but the spots don't coincide and the cells either.
I will be very grateful to any help. |
27-04-2009, 07:18 PM
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| | | Re: Brown and orange butterfly
When did you see it, today or summer last year, for instance? |
27-04-2009, 07:37 PM
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| | | Re: Brown and orange butterfly
That's definetely a Wall. |
27-04-2009, 07:48 PM
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| | | Re: Brown and orange butterfly
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Originally Posted by Jenny W  That's definetely a Wall. | I'll second that. Sadly extinct around London these days + generally scarcer in the south. |
27-04-2009, 07:54 PM
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| | | Re: Brown and orange butterfly
Yes a Wall. This is a Male, the cell colour is slightly different to that of the female, this may have been where you got mixed up. Welcome to WAB  |
27-04-2009, 07:56 PM
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| | | Re: Brown and orange butterfly
First thought was a Gatekeeper butter fly but after a quick google search it looks like a wall brown 
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27-04-2009, 08:56 PM
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| | | Re: Brown and orange butterfly
I took the picture last Saturday, but in Spain... not in UK.
Thanks a lot for all your help. |
28-04-2009, 04:39 PM
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| | | Re: Brown and orange butterfly
Actually, this is the southern form of Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria).
Cheers,
- Pete |
28-04-2009, 05:47 PM
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| | | Re: Brown and orange butterfly
Put this down as a probable Wall Brown, but not totally certain. On the cliff path, near Bolt Head, S. Devon, 20th April. 2 or 3 of them flying around me but had the wrong lens so struggled for a good sharp photo.
Was this a correct ID or have a totally messed up?  |
28-04-2009, 05:55 PM
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| | | Re: Brown and orange butterfly
Hi Geoff, yes that's a wall | | | |
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