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Post by nomad on Feb 15, 2014 2:32:03 GMT -8
The females of P. icarus are very variable and two of my images below show the wide range within this species. Very blue females shown by dunc seems to be rare in most English localities. Here are two more very blue females from the Dale collection.   1 - Wiltshire. 2 - Oxfordshire.  Dale collection. |
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Post by o0osteve on Feb 15, 2014 3:28:58 GMT -8
Here are a few of my icarus females varying from almost blue to completely brown. The second one down on the left is from Tunisia which is beautiful and I'm thinking it is celina. I am originally from Yorkshire and and go there regular and the blue form has always been the dominant one there and here in Berkshire it is too. Attachment Deleted |
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Post by timmsyrj on Feb 15, 2014 7:22:40 GMT -8
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Post by nomad on Feb 15, 2014 8:05:04 GMT -8
Very nice specimens Rich. Wonderful blue female and some nice abs too.
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Post by nomad on Feb 15, 2014 8:41:48 GMT -8
A couple of gynandromorphs of P. icarus from the same Private collection.   |
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Post by nomad on Feb 16, 2014 1:14:19 GMT -8
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Post by nomihoudai on Feb 16, 2014 5:55:35 GMT -8
Good to see this thread up and running. Polyommatus icarus is obviously a very variable species as many Lycaenidae species. They are very small butterflies and easily react to micro climate changes.
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Post by wollastoni on Feb 24, 2014 10:08:42 GMT -8
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Post by bobw on Feb 24, 2014 23:33:20 GMT -8
The specimen currently advertised in the classified is indeed one of the specimens bred by Les Young that I mentioned in my post above, unfortunately not a very extreme one. Bob |
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Unfortunately I cropped the cream of the aberrations of the collection, but you can still see it is a remarkable specimen.
