David Element

Wildlife Photography

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________________ Butterflies 30 - Satyridae 2

                                                     SCOTCH ARGUS Erebia aethiops

                                                              DRYAD Minois dryas

                        LARGE WALL BROWN Lasiommata maera f. adastra (f)

• These Satyrid (Brown) butterflies were photographed in the South of France. DNA studies suggest that members of the genus Erebia are currently undergoing very active evolution and there are many similarly marked (and therefore confusing) species in Continental Europe. In the UK the Scotch Argus is a northern specialist and it is quite common in the Scottish Highlands and Lake District - and also easy to identify as there are no other similarly marked butterflies of the same size.  The Dryad is a very dark woodland species with distinctive blue-centred eyespots. The adastra form of the female Large Wall Brown is found in Southern France and it bears a much closer resemblance to the Wall Brown than the type species Lasiommata maera maera. The Dryad and Large Wall Brown are absent from the UK.

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