Mallorca 2017 (4 Viewers)

Mike Montier said:

Thanks Mike, you missed nothing after you left, just a couple more of Kevin's jokes.
It was a great day but a bit quiet, still some good birds though, the coastline looked fabulous in the sunshine and it reached 18 degrees.
The depuradora is always worth a visit but I have no idea where all the Starlings have gone.
I must get to Albufera before the months end. Glad the pies were acceptable. 6/10 I reckon.
Mike

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honeym said:

Great photo Pep.

Hi Martin,

Do you have a definative list of butterflies ( and moths ) of Mallorca?

I may have asked you before..I have found one for Minorca and ask Matt Rowlings for information but he was not aware..he has a great website

http://www.eurobutterflies.com/index.php

Thanks Mike

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Mike Montier said:

Quite an influx of Ferruginous ducks it seems. 26 were seen at Bassa de Sant Jordi which I think is a small body of water near the airport, perhaps Pep could confirm if it is the same place as Bassa de Can Guidet.
Well done for seeing the Black-throated Diver Mike, everyone thought it had gone. One of us with have to change our name on Rare Bird Alert, I got phone calls asking about the diver so I am getting the credit for your sightings.
By the way, it's snowing on the high bits today! Mike

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Mike Montier said:

Quite an influx of Ferruginous ducks it seems. 26 were seen at Bassa de Sant Jordi which I think is a small body of water near the airport, perhaps Pep could confirm if it is the same place as Bassa de Can Guidet.

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Mcnswiss2 said:

honeym said:

Great photo Pep.
Hi Martin,
Do you have a definative list of butterflies ( and moths ) of Mallorca?
Thanks Mike

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Hi Mike
I do have a list of the butterflies that have been reported from the Balearic Islands. I wouldn't call it a definitive list - more a working list as there are several almost certainly dubious records, some that need confirmation and others that need further checking. It's in Fauna Europaea order and is only scientific names. The letters C F I M and Me refer to the various islands, FauEu indicates that the species is listed from the Balearics on the Fauna Europaea website, Pons refers to publications by Guillem Pons and there are also some additional personal notes. Please be aware that it does contain some, as yet, unpublished information. The moth list is also a working list but it is MUCH bigger with more extensive notes and contains all of my own research data. I've not done a recent count but it is currently about 1000 species. I'm always happy to identify any moths from photographs (or specimens), or explain in more detail about any species in the list below.

I hope this helps:

6876 HESPERIIDAE (FOR ADDITIONAL BUTTS SEE POSTER PAPER)
6877 Pyrginae
6882 Carcharodus alceae (Esper) F I M Me Pons only M FauEu
6921 Hesperiinae
6932 Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmannsegg) M Pons also M but as nostrodamus FauEu
6933 Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius 1793) FauEu

6939 PAPILIONIDAE (SEE Carreras et al. 2004)
6956 Papilioninae
6958 Iphiclides podalirius (Linnaeus) M not in Pons or FauEu Listed by Parrack
6960 Papilio machaon Linnaeus F I M Me Pons not F but C FauEu

6963 PIERIDAE
6964 Dismorphinae
6966 Leptidea sinapis (Linnaeus) F I M Me Pons not F but C FauEu
6970 Pierinae
6974 Anthocaris [belia] euphenoides (Staudinger) M Pons only M not in FauEu
Although recorded by NJR as belia, the species occurring in Europe is now regarded as being euphenoides.
6995 Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus) F I M Me Pons not F but C FauEu
6998 Pieris rapae (Linnaeus) F I M Me Pons not F but C FauEu
7000 Pieris napi (Linnaeus) F I M Me Pons not F not in FauEu
7005 Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus) F I M Me Pons not F but C FauEu
7009 Coliadinae (Ferragut, M. A. DATE? lists C. hyale CHECK!)
7015 Colias croceus (Fourcroy) F I M Me Pons not F but C and D FauEu
7024 Gonepteryx rhamni (Linnaeus) F I M Me not in Pons (originally dubious records but some published recently by Carreras et al. 2004) FauEu
7026 Gonepteryx cleopatra (Linnaeus) F I M Me Pons not F but C FauEu

7027 LYCAENIDAE CHECK Monografias S.E.A.
7034 Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus) F I M Me Pons not F FauEu
7058 Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus) F I M Me Pons not F FauEu
7065 Satyrium ilicis (Esper) I Pons only I Not in FauEu Needs confirmation as unlikely
7066 Satyrium esculi (Hübner) M Pons only M FauEu Needs confirmation
7073 Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus) F I M Me Pons not F but C FauEu
7075 Cacyreus marshalli (Butler) F I M Me Pons not F FauEu
7077 Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus) F I M Me Pons not F but C FauEu
7097 Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus) F I M Me Pons not F FauEu
7144 Aricia cramera (Eschscholtz) F I M Me Pons only M FauEu
7163 Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg) F I M Me Pons not F but C as ssp. balearica FauEu
7163a Polyommatus celina (AUSTAUT, 1879) This is thought to be the species in the Balearics, not above
7172 Polyommatus bellargus (Rottemburg) F I M Me Pons not F or I but C FauEu
7176 Polyommatus hispana (Herrich-Schäffer) M Pons only M not in FauEu

7196 NYMPHALIDAE
7200 Heliconiinae
7203 Argynnis pandora ([Denis & Schiff.]) F I M Me Pons not F or Me FauEu
7210 Issoria lathonia (Linnaeus) M Pons only M not in FauEu
7240 Nymphalinae
7243 Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus) F I M Me Pons not F but C FauEu
7245 Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus) F (NJR) I M Me Pons not F but C FauEu
7257 Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus) M Pons only M FauEu
7292 Charaxinae
7294 Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus) F I M Me Pons not F FauEu
7300 Satyrinae
7307 Pararge aegeria (Linnaeus) F I M Me Pons not F but C as ssp. sardoa Linnaeus! FauEu
7309 Lasiommata megera (Linnaeus) I M Me Pons not F but C not in FauEu
7310 Lasiommata paramegaera (Hübner) ? not in Pons FauEu Identity & presence needs confirmation
7312 Lasiommata maera (Linnaeus) Me (Carreras et al. 2004) not in FauEu
7334 Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus) F I M Me Pons not F FauEu
7341 Pyronia cecilia (Vallantin) F I M Me Pons not F FauEu
7350 Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus) F I M Me Pons not F but C FauEu
7353 Hyponephele lycaon (Rottemburg) M not in Pons or FauEu Listed by Parrack
7436 Hipparchia semele (Linnaeus) Me (Carreras et al. 2004) not in FauEu
7441 Hipparchia statilinus (Hüfnagel) Me (Carreras et al. 2004) not in FauEu
7443 Hipparchia fidia (Linnaeus) M Me (MPT July’16) Pons only M as ssp. balearica FauEu
7451 Chazara prieuri (Pierret) M not in Pons or FauEu Reported from a single specimen
7471 Danainae
7474 Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus) M not in FauEu the result of ceremonial releases
7476 Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus) C M Me not in FauEu

ps the nomenclature may not be up-to-date

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honeym said:

Mcnswiss2 said:

Hi Martin

Excellent

Many thanks indeed

Here are the simple list I found for Menorca. ( as it is Wiki it must be true..lol)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_butterflies_of_Minorca

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Mcnswiss2 said:

honeym said:

Great photo Pep.

Hi Martin,

Do you have a definative list of butterflies ( and moths ) of Mallorca?

I may have asked you before..I have found one for Minorca and ask Matt Rowlings for information but he was not aware..he has a great website

http://www.eurobutterflies.com/index.php

Thanks Mike

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Hi Mike and Martin,

These might be helpful. The butterfly list is one that, I think, Martin uploaded to the forum some years ago! The dragonfly list is one that I have put together myself, using the Askew, and Dijkstra & Lewington guides, plus information from John Muddeman's website and my own observations. If anyone from the forum can add anything to the dragonfly list I'd be pleased to hear from them.

Looking forward to my first visit of 2017 - a short birding break in early May.

Stew

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StewB said:

Mcnswiss2 said:

Hi Mike and Martin,
If anyone from the forum can add anything to the dragonfly list I'd be pleased to hear from them.
Stew

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Hi Stew
Thanks for these.
I've just been through your Odonata list and compared it with the list of species recorded from the Balearic Islands on the Fauna Europaea website, and my notes on the Odonata.
FauEu does not list Lestes viridis (the Willow Emerald), but does list the following species:
Coenagrion caerulescens (Fonscolombe 1838)
Lestes barbarus (Fabricius 1798)
Orthetrum brunneum (Fonscolombe 1837)
We do Odonata transects in s'Albufera and also record them as casual sightings and have a few different species and some additional species, but they were identified from nymphs obtained from aquatic samples so I have until now regarded them as dubious. However, one such species (Coenagrium scitulum, the Dainty damselfly) has now been published from the Balearics (in Odonatologica 24: 269-282), I got a copy this afternoon and it deals with records based on larvae, adding C. scitulum from Mallorca and Menorca. They also list L. viridis and Aeshnia affinis Vander Linden 1823 from the same islands.
I guess the next addition to the Balearic fauna might be Trithemis kirbyi, the Orange-winged Dropwing, which is expanding its range in Spain and has recently been found in Huesca prov., near the French border.

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Brian Bullough said:

Hi Mike ,Thanks for the info regards coming over in March (on 2016 thread) I was all set to book a week in early March for the flowers , cheap flight etc. but checking transfers they are dearer than the flight , so it looks like car hire from the airport , bit unsure of what its like to get out off and into the airport any advice from the group .
thanks Brian

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