Butterflies and moths from Corfu (1 Viewer)

[jimmyg]

I can't find the moths in Waring and Townsend, and skippers are a nightmare, so any help much appreciated! Not sure whether this is relevant but the skippers were near the top of Pantokrator, about 800m above sea level in rocky habitat.

Thanks!

 

[black52bird]

I can't find the moths in Waring and Townsend, and skippers are a nightmare, so any help much appreciated! Not sure whether this is relevant but the skippers were near the top of Pantokrator, about 800m above sea level in rocky habitat.

Thanks!

Try Sage Skipper (Muschampia proto) for the butterfly - time, habitat and place are all OK, and it has some distinctive markings.

Tried the moths for you in some of my southern European books, but drew a blank. Sorry!
Best
David

 

[honeym]

hi James

I'm pretty certain that the first moth is Cryphia algae, just a slightly unusual colour. Still thinking about the second.

Martin

 

[jimmyg]

Thanks Martin and David, I think I agree with you both. The only thing that is slightly strange is that Sage Skipper is supposed to have an unbroken white bar on the underside of the hindwing, and I think this butterfly might not have (there is some white there though...)?

 

[black52bird]

Thanks Martin and David, I think I agree with you both. The only thing that is slightly strange is that Sage Skipper is supposed to have an unbroken white bar on the underside of the hindwing, and I think this butterfly might not have (there is some white there though...)?

The male has a strong unbroken white band on the hindwing, large and fairly straight, the female's band, however, veers slightly, and looks remarkably like the specimen on the left. The one on the right is really a very tatty one, and so anything could have happened to that!! I would still say it is Sage

Best

David

 

[jimmyg]

The male has a strong unbroken white band on the hindwing, large and fairly straight, the female's band, however, veers slightly, and looks remarkably like the specimen on the left. The one on the right is really a very tatty one, and so anything could have happened to that!! I would still say it is Sage

Best

David

Thanks!