David Element

Wildlife Photography

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_______________ Butterflies 8 - Satyridae

                                MARBLED WHITE Melanargia galathea

                                        GRAYLING Hipparchia semele

                             GREAT BANDED GRAYLING Brintesia circe

                                   MEADOW BROWN Maniola jurtina

                                RINGLET Aphantopus hyperantus

                                    GATEKEEPER Pyronia tithonus

                              SMALL HEATH Coenonympha pamphilus

                              PEARLY HEATH Coenonympha arcania

                             SPECKLED WOOD Pararge aegeria tircis

                           SPECKLED WOOD Pararge aegeria aegeria

                               WALL BROWN Lasiommata megera

                              LARGE WALL BROWN Lasiommata maera

• The Large Wall Brown and Pearly Heath were photographed in Southern France and Northern Spain respectively. The Continental form of the Speckled Wood (subspecies aegeria, seen here with the European ladybird Hemosepilachna argus) was photographed in the Dordogne and the Great Banded Grayling in the Loire Valley, France. Brown butterflies are susceptible to mite infestations and both the Marbled White and the Ringlet are carrying these inconvenient passengers.

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