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Buterflies of Croatia 3. (1 Viewer)
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string boozel
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Hi again, this butterfly was not having a good day, having been struck a glancing blow by a car it was in the process of being attacked by small black ants when I found it. If it's any help it was about the size of a Meadow Brown.
James.
James.
I could lean towards Berger's Clouded Yellow, rather than helice Clouded (?)
string boozel
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Hi Jos, there were several paler Clouded Yellows amongst the hordes of normal ones which I thought may be Pale Cloudeds but in truth I didn't really know how to separate them from Cloudeds of the helice form. I used to hate immature gulls but I find myself warming to them now....I have a few more photos of paler individuals which may help.
James
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I think Croatia is too far south for Pale Clouded Yellow, it should be Berger's Clouded Yellow there I believe. Separating them from helice Clouded Yellow is however also not easy (at least for me!) ,,,the lack of dark shading suggests Berger's Clouded Yellow for me, not Clouded Yellow (but I don't swear on it). If they were amongst numerous Clouded Yellows, this might well suggest they are just helice forms of Clouded Yellows (?)
string boozel
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Thanks for giving it a crack anyway. I've just ordered a field guide that was produced this century so I may have a better idea of what to look for, it's got to be worth a shot anyway.
James.
James.
