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Butterflies ID please, Romania (May-June 2021) (1 Viewer)
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ApusApus
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#3 looks like one of those occasional Common Blues (Polyommatus icarus) with washed-out linules
#4 I'm struggling to make anything other than a Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) but it seems to be missing the usual dark spots on the uns hindwing
#7, #8, #9 If they are the same individual then they are Short-Tailed Blues (Cupido argiades)
Shane
#4 I'm struggling to make anything other than a Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) but it seems to be missing the usual dark spots on the uns hindwing
#7, #8, #9 If they are the same individual then they are Short-Tailed Blues (Cupido argiades)
Shane
I can see these 2 can be difficult to tell apart of based only on single photos or if very old or bleached specimens are involved. I ended up deciding it was meadow brown, mostly on overall shape. It's certainly missing the hind wing spots and clear colour demarcation we might expect from small heath
creaturesnapper
creaturesnapper
7,8and 9 all look like Short-tailed Blues .
Ficedula
velico ergo sum
#1 is a Small White Pieris rapae
#2 is a Marbled White Melanargia galathea
#3 can't be Polymmatus as it lacks uhw mid-discal spot - probably Plebejus but I doubt you'll get a reliable id from singe shot of specimen in such poor condition.
#4 Coenonympha pamphilus
#5 probably Heath Fritillary Melitaea athalia but without underside shot cant rule out other Melitaea
#6 Queen of Spain Fritillary Issoria lathania
#7,8,9 Short-tailed Blues Cupido argiades
