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Post by jonathan on Sept 24, 2013 10:12:22 GMT -8
Hi guys, What do you think...melampus or sudetica? I caught the specimen in Switzerland a few years ago?  Jonathan |
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Post by nostrodamus on Sept 24, 2013 10:21:00 GMT -8
Location in Switzerland ?
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Post by lepidofrance on Sept 24, 2013 12:14:05 GMT -8
melampus ?
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Post by jonathan on Sept 25, 2013 2:27:04 GMT -8
Location in Switzerland ? I collected the specimen in Grindewald, on the road to Grosse Scheidegg on the 27/Jul/2006 Jonathan |
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Post by nostrodamus on Sept 25, 2013 2:52:03 GMT -8
I think it's E. sudetica inalpina
Because 1) sudetica : in more then 80% of the highest red spot there is a black spot ! Concerning melampus < 1% has a black spot there!
On your species I can see a black spot (on the right forewing) in the highest red spot .
On the hindwings melampus has in most cases a bigger red spot in cell 4, sudetica has equal red spots (+-same size)
Apparently melampus and sudetica never fly together in the Alps !
Regards
David
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Post by nomihoudai on Sept 25, 2013 3:04:21 GMT -8
Hello, I can confirm David's opinion. I have checked the book "Die Erebien der Schweiz" by Peter Sonderegger. In this book there is a precise map of the Grindelwald region and the distribution of both species. Erebia sudetica flies around Grindelwald. You have to be North East of Grosse Scheidegg to find Erebia melampus.
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Post by jonathan on Sept 25, 2013 3:10:36 GMT -8
Thanks guys. So I was on right side of Grosse Scheidegg as it was one of my target species at that time!  I think that it was late in the season as that is the best specimen (in terms of quality) I got. |
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I think that it was late in the season as that is the best specimen (in terms of quality) I got.