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Egyptian butterflies (1 Viewer)
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honeym
Well-known member
Hi
From what I can gather, Egypt has fewer species of butterfly than the UK - just 61 species (there's a list here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_butterflies_of_Egypt), where you can download a publication on them.
That might be the reason for not finding much info, trip reports, etc..
Martin
From what I can gather, Egypt has fewer species of butterfly than the UK - just 61 species (there's a list here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_butterflies_of_Egypt), where you can download a publication on them.
That might be the reason for not finding much info, trip reports, etc..
Martin
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Tiraya
San Diego CA
As with anywhere in the world if you can recognize the families by their appearance in the field you can much more easily narrow down options even if you don't know any of the species. Get used to what Pierids, Hesperiids, Nymphalids etc. look like.
Subfamilies are usually in some cases too, for instance Satyrinae in Nymphalidae are distinct from the other Nymphalids, and Theclinae in Lycaenidae.
Subfamilies are usually in some cases too, for instance Satyrinae in Nymphalidae are distinct from the other Nymphalids, and Theclinae in Lycaenidae.
