Brown butterflies of Iran (Satyrinae) (1 Viewer)

parisaaa

Member

• Oct 5, 2016

• #1

I love this shy and plain butterflies (I'm always complaining about their plain features in public |=\|), they make themselves impossible for you to notice but when they come across females they show the other character of themselves along with those marvelous upper wings.
I devote this post to them and start it with Dark Rockbrown which I've met recently and Hermit which is my old friend and it seems that I see it just every where in Iran.
Dark Rockbrown:

Hermit:

 

Jos Stratford

Eastern Exile

Staff member

• Oct 5, 2016

• #2

Excellent, this will be a very interesting thread, please post more. I have a number of photographs of butterflies from the mountains north of Tehran ...maybe I will find and add to your thread.

 

parisaaa

Member

• Oct 5, 2016

• #3

It's a pleasure to see more of them thank you for your warm and welcoming notice.

 

parisaaa

Member

• Oct 6, 2016

• #4

here is two butterflies from genus Hipparchia, I found the first one in a jungle and the other one in a very dry valley, this spring.
White-edged Rock brown:

Hipparchia turcmenica:

 

Tiraya

San Diego CA

• Oct 6, 2016

• #5

Love these sorts of butterflies and they are so easily ignored. Catching photos of the pattern on the upper surface is one of my goals!

 

parisaaa

Member

• Oct 6, 2016

• #6

yeah they're really choosy about that and don't show it to just anyone, you must first talk to their secretary and sign a contract unfortunately.I did it once with this Hermit and it cost me a fortune.

 

Last edited: Oct 6, 2016