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Post by rumina on Mar 20, 2014 8:14:42 GMT -8
The Dolomites are fantastic and the panorama there is among the most beautiful in the world, even if they are not so rich in butterflies as the Alps. I found it in moderate quantities in Lagorai Mountains, among other things, probably one of the southern populations of this species.
The female is very rare, I've found only two in almost fifhteen years of research and I know that other entomologists most titled me consider it a real rarity.
I flew was a single specimen or different?
had also seen flying Clossiana Thore? usually fly together with intermedia and Clossiana Titania.
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Post by nomad on Mar 20, 2014 9:43:40 GMT -8
Hi rumina, yes the Dolomites are awesome, I have been there hiking three times and I loved every minute of my stay in those mountains. The high Alpine flowers were fantastic, my favourite was a large population of beautiful cushions of the blue King of the Alps [ Eritrichium nanum ] on a very narrow ridge. The butterflies were special too and I was lucky to find the rare fritillary.  |
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Post by homard on Apr 13, 2014 4:45:23 GMT -8
I am looking through some old photographs that I took in the Swiss Alps and the Dolomites, when I just came across these. I think that I may have correctly identified the Fritilliaries? but please can you tell me what is the Blue feeding on the horses dung near a mountain village in the Dolomites. Peter. View AttachmentView AttachmentEuphydrayas[ Hypodrayas] maturna. Dolomites. View AttachmentClossiana titania? Swiss Alps. Hi Nomad, despite of all the correct comments with IDs above, I just want to add my lepta. The Blues are definitely Cyaniris semiargus (by their UNS). The Euphydryas is Intermedia, IMO. And the Clossiana is Titania, which is nonexistant around Saratov BTW. I collected a few only once in 2000 to the north of here in Novoburassky District of Saratov Region |
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