If you have any photos of
butterflies or has made a website or an article
about butterflies in Denmark. Or have an exciting
butterflies trip abroad to talk about. Can I
either make links, photos or story here!
Balintus
tityrus
(C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865). New
record for Bolivia.
Sol y Luna hotel, Coroico,
Yungas, Bolivia
november 2, 2017.
Photographer; Hiroaki
Takenouchi
Hiroaki
Takenouchi; I got a
conclusive ID from Dr Zsolt
Bálint after whom the
butterfly is named - Balintus tityrus!
But this is definitely a new record for
Bolivia!
Aurora Morpho, Morpho
aurora (Westwood, 1851) male.
From the highlands near Caranavi Bolivia december
3, 2017.
Made with sony experia xz premium. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
Caranavi d. 3
december 2017
Peter Møllmann;
Today I went to the highlands near
Caranavi. Arriving at the location we
crossed a smal river and 20+ auroras flew
up from their mudpudling.
I saw hundreds of Aurora
Morpho's
in a few hours. All very fresh, most
common butterfly today, never saw so many.
In the slo mo parts my sony xz premium
smartphone take 960fps
From
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia jan-feb.
2016. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
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New Butterfly Discovered in Alaska
for first time in 28 Years
16th march 2016
National Geographic: The Tanana
Arctic may also be the state's
only endemic butterfly. A scientist
organizing butterfly specimens in a
museum collection made a startling
discovery: What people had thought was a
variant of a common species is actually a
totally new organism, and one with an
interesting evolutionary history to boot.
And what's more, the new species may be
the only type of butterfly endemic to
Alaska, meaning it is found there but
nowhere else.
A group of
eight scientists from three countries has
named the new insect the Tanana
Arctic, Oeneis
tanana. It's the first new
butterfly species described from Alaska
in 28 years, and the research is now
published in the Journal of Research on
the Lepidoptera.
Smaragd Sphinx, Oryba
kadeni
and Oryba achemenides
Oryba kadeni (Schaufuss, 1870)
Oryba
achemenides (Cramer, 1779) female.
Oryba
achemenides (Cramer, 1779) male.
Caranavi, Yungas,
Bolivia February 13, 2016.
Caranavi, Yungas,
Bolivia February 14, 2016.
Caranavi, Yungas,
Bolivia January 30 , 2016.
Photographer;
Peter Møllmann
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Remarkable butterflies look-alike
lived 50 million years before butterflies appeard
3th february 2016
A photo of the
modernOwl
Butterfly, Caligo
illioneus look like a fossilized
Kalligrammatid lacewing.
Copacabana,
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia January
23, 2016. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
SMITHSONIAN SCIENCE NEWS / John
Barrat / 3 february
2016: New
fossils found in Northeastern China have
revealed a remarkable evolutionary
coincidence: an extinct group of insects
known as Kalligrammatid lacewings (Order Neuroptera) share an uncanny
resemblance to modern day butterflies (Order
Lepidoptera). Even though they
vanished some 50 million years before
butterflies appeared on earth, they
possess the same wing shape and pigment
hues, wing spots and eyespots, body
scales, long proboscides, and similar
feeding styles as butterflies.
Butterflies
are among the best-known and most
commonly seen insects world-wide. Some
butterflies, however, are quite rare.
This guide features butterflies that most
of us will never see in real life. From
the spectacular Bhutan
Glory
to the gold-plated Ornithoptera
croesus, these are insects that
exist in small numbers in exotic places
-- and in some cases are just barely
hanging on to survival. Some are
strikingly beautiful; others are average-looking
insects that might fly right past you
without you even noticing.
d. 16 january
2016; After nearly nine years
ago, when I photographed this unknowns Ministreak species in
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia, where I
perhaps thought it must be an undescribed
species? I found it on the website "Learn about
Butterflies and Moths". So
finally I got the name on it. It is: Cleon
Ministreak, Ministrymon
cleon (Fabricius, 1775).
d. 11 january
2014; Dear Tom, There are
several hairstreak species which have
underside wing patterns similar to those
shown on Andersen''s pictures, and
I''m not even sure if both images
represent the same species. I''d think
they belong to Nicolaea, close to Nicolaea
fabulla, but I suggest you ask Bob
Robbins. Best regards, Gerardo
d. 10 january
2014; I sent it over to Gerardo
Lamas in Peru to hear
whether he knows it. Sincerely, Tom
N. Kristensen. See more about
the unknown Lycaenidae
species on the website; fugleognatur.dk
d. 8 january 2014;
I
even think this unknown species is
closest family with Calycopis
centoripa as the red band on the
rear wing bottom has a little different
modes around discal-spot. Lars
Andersen.
d. 8 january 2014; Mail from Kim
Garwood d.
8 january 2014; Those are very
nice shots of the mystery Nicolaea. There are quite
few undescribed species in this genus,
looking on Butterflies
of America. I don't think anybody
knows which one yours might be at this
point. Thanks, K
d. 11 october
2013; This butterfly is
probably an undescribed species related
to Nicolaea demilineata from Paraguay. Atronox on Neotropical
Butterfly Forum.
d. 27 march 2011; Nicolaea
bagrada? besidia? (could be new
sp.) ID from Jorge Bizarro.
d. 6 &
19 february 2007;
first unknown Lycaenidae
species photographed in Caranavi area by Lars
Andersen.
Se more about the undescribed Lycaenidae species on Naturephotos.dk
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Genetic "paint box"
shuffled between butterfly species to create new
wing patterns
15th january 2016
Common Longwing,Heliconius
eratovenustus. Coroico, Yungas,
elev. 1300 m. 9th February 2012. Photographer; Lars
Andersen
Research finds
independent genetic switches control
different splotches of colour and pattern
on Heliconius butterfly wings, and that
these switches have been shared between
species over millions of years, becoming
“jumbled up” to create new and
diverse wing displays.
Amazon Angel, Chorinea
amazon
(Sauders, 1859). Caranavi, Yungas. Bolivia d. 3
january 2016.
Photographer; Peter Møllmann
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December 2015
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New site with Caris & Melanis,Riodinidae
25th december 2015
Green
Mantle,
Caria
unknown species? Caranavi,
Yungas, Bolivia d.
19 January 2010. Photographer; Lars
Andersen
Electron
Pixie, Melanis
electron (Fabricius, 1793).
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia d.
12 february 2007. Photographer; Lars
Andersen
See more about
these beautiful jewels on the side with Emerald
Metalmarks
See
more about these melanistic jewels on the
side with Black Metalmarks
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Prehistoric moth discovered in
Alps
16th december 2015
Austrian
scientists have identified a previously
unknown species of moth living almost 2,000
metres above sea level in the Italian
Alps, which belongs to a family of moths
which has not changed in its appearance
for 130 million years.
The prehistoric moth,
which is just 4 millimetres long, has
been named by the experts from the Tyrolean
State Museum as the Micropterix
gaudiella
and belongs to a family of prehistoric
moths that make up the most ancient
species of moths in the world.
Rare Amazonian butterfly named
after Sir David Attenborough
2th december 2015
Attenborough's
Black-eyed Satyr, Euptychia
attenboroughi. It is so rare it is only
found in tropical forests of the upper
Amazon basin. The butterfly is the 11th
animal and genus to be named after the
naturalist
Butterflies may be tiny but to
save them you have to think big
10th october 2015
Pearl-bordered
Fritillarymale.
Hovedskov, Falster, Corselitze Skovdistrikt 15 May 2015.
Photographer; Lars Andersen
Conservation
Project: Butterflies may be tiny but to
save them you have to think big. Colonies
of butterflies surviving in small
isolated pockets of land are vulnerable.
Research has shown that they can be
encouraged to spread their wings and
expand but only if they don't have to fly
too far.
In response to this new
way of understanding butterfly
populations and movement, our work to
protect them and their habitat takes a
landscape-scale approach. Conservation on
a landscape-scale means creating chains
of butterfly habitat across large areas
of countryside. Improving and connecting
land for wildlife through the coordinated
conservation management of numerous sites
for a range of species across a large
natural area. Read more on Butterfly Conservation
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Alfred Russel Wallace
8th october 2015
"Natural History Heroes", BBC 8 oct.
2015: Alfred
Russel Wallace
(8 January 1823 – 7
November 1913)
was a British naturalist, explorer,
geographer, anthropologist, and biologist.
He is best known for independently
conceiving the theory ofevolution through
natural selection; his paper on the
subject was jointly published with some
of Charles Darwin's writings in 1858. This prompted Darwin to
publish his own ideas in On the "Origin
of Species".Wallace did extensive
fieldwork, first in the Amazon River
basin and then in the Malay Archipelago,
where he identified the faunal divide now
termed the Wallace Line, which separates
the Indonesian archipelago into two
distinct parts: a western portion in
which the animals are largely of Asian
origin, and an eastern portion where the
fauna reflect Australasia.
ScienceNews d, 20
December 2012;
Med en ny planet-dækkende analyse af
hvirveldyr liv, har et internationalt
team brugt det 21. århundrede videnskab
til at opdatere et ikonisk 1876 kort over Jordens
zoologiske regioner.
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Butterflies in 4K Yungas part3
8th october 2015
Published on 8 oct.
2015: Another
collection of my best 4K video clips and
sound recordings(mixed) from Coroico to Caranavi, Yungas-Bolivia dec.2014-Jan.2015. Got almost 700 GB of
videos(80000 kbit/s) made with my Panasonic
Lumix DMC-GH4 with lenses: -14-140mm. This uploaded
video file is a 4,37GB MPEG-4, 25 frames/sec.,
25223 frames in 3840 x 2160p-37275 kBit/s.
Photographer & editor:
Peter Møllmann/Pedromariposa
The response of
body size to increasing temperature
constitutes a universal response to
climate change that could strongly affect
terrestrial ectotherms, but the magnitude
and direction of such responses remain
unknown in most species. The metabolic
cost of increased temperature could
reduce body size but long growing seasons
could also increase body size as was
recently shown in an Arctic spider
species. Here, we present the longest
known time series on body size variation
in two High-Arctic butterfly species: Arctic Fritillary, Boloria
chariclea
and Arctic Clouded Yellow, Colias
hecla.
Mountain
Swallowtail, Heraclides
paeon in flight. Technique; run
with the camera right up in the butterfly
and serial shoot. Kori Wayku inca trail,
Yungas, Bolivia on 1th.
February 2010. Photographer; Lars
Andersen
This is a space
created to share images, publications,
events and updates on Lepidoptera, in
addition to experiences related to the
study of butterflies and moths. Our
interest is to show the importance and
beauty of this group and insects in their
natural environments around the world. This
group has no interest in trading
butterflies!!!
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July 2015
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DNA barcode reference library for Iberian butterflies enables
a continental-scale preview of potential cryptic
diversity
Spanish Festoon, Zerynthia
rumina. Aragon Candasnos 24th
march 2013. Photographer; Martin
Bjerg
Scientific
Reports5,
Article number: 12395 (2015): How common are cryptic
species - those overlooked because of
their morphological similarity? Despite
its wide-ranging implications for biology
and conservation, the answer remains open
to debate. Butterflies constitute the
best-studied invertebrates, playing a
similar role as birds do in providing
models for vertebrate biology. Read more
here; Iberian
butterflies
Uder a yellow
moon that hung like a wedge of lemon in
the sky, Ole Andersen was camped at 3 a.m.
Monday out front of Katmandu’s
Tribhuvan International Airport with a
green notebook, writing a story he called
“From Paradise to Hell in a Few
Seconds.”
When Saturday’s
magnitude 7.8 earthquake wracked Nepal,
the 66-year-old Danish adventurer, who
had come to this Himalayan country to
photograph insects, was staying at an
organic farm outside the capital.
Suddenly, he said,
“there was a big sound from deep
underground, and everything began to
shake.” read more here.
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New crypto species:
New Beauty, Colobura annulata(Willmott,
Constantino & J. Hall, 2001)
Les auteurs; Nos amis
entomologistes danois Henrik
Bloch (Lepidopterologisk
Forening) et Jan
Flindt Christensen (Aarhus
Entomologklub) ont accompli de nombreux
voyages de recherche en Amérique du Sud,
en Asie et en Afrique occidentale. Notre
site internet a déjà publié leurs
superbes photos de papillons boliviens (2004 et 2008) sur la page Lépidoptères
des Yungas. Ces nouveaux clichés de
2014 complètent les
précédents.
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Asian Comma
Polygonia c-aureum
7th April 2015
Asian Comma, Polygonia
c-aureum. Harbin, the northeast
China 17 & 21 june
2013. Photographer; Birger
Lønning
Asian
Comma, Polygonia
c-aureum (Linnaeus, 1758) is ocher colored on the
upper side with small black spots and
less jagged wings, can be identified by
the small blue spots in the external
field. Way of life similar to the Comma, Polygonia
c-album caterpillars
feed on Japanese Hops, Humulus
japonicus.
Found in Indochina, Taiwan, China, Korea
and Japan (from Hokkaido to Tanegashima).
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Eastern Clouded Apollo
Parnassius stubbendorfii
5th April 2015
Eastern Clouded Apollo, Parnassius
stubbendorfii. Harbin, the northeast
China 2th june 2012.
Photographer; Birger Lønning
Eastern Clouded
Apollo, Parnassius
stubbendorfii (Ménétris, 1849)
found in the Altai mountains of central,
south and eastern Siberia, Sakhalin and
the Kurile Islands, Mongolia to the north
and northeast China and Korea. It flies
in open areas in the taiga's coniferous
forests and mountain forests up to 2000
mh. The larva feeds on Corydalis
gigantea
and C. ambigua.
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March 2015
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"New Primitve Moth FAMILY
Dicovered in Australia"
5th March 2015
It’s pretty
cool when a new insect species is
discovered. It’s even more exciting
when scientists find a new genus. But a
new family? That’s pretty amazing
and doesn’t happen very often. Read
more on Entomology
Today
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Latest articles, links and photos
February 2015
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"Rio Negro
Butterflies and Monkeys"
Rio Negro,
Caranavi, Yungas, Bolivia January
2015. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
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January 2015
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Blomfild's Beauty,Smyrna
blomfildiafrom Bolivia
28th January 2015
Blomfild's Beauty,Smyrna
blomfildia(Fabricius, 1781)
from Rio Broncini Caranavi, videoframe 8.jan, we took the
larvae to the hotel, today the pupae
hatched and to our surprise it turned out
to be a Smyrna
blomfildia blomfildia the 22
jan. 2015. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann.
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White Witch, Thysania
agreppina
13th January 2015
White
Witch,
Thysania agreppina. Jatata inn Hotel,
Caranavi
Yungas, Bolivia 12th
January 2015. Photographer; Peter
Møllmann
After lots of rain came
two males Thysania
agreppina +24cm, to our 250w
mercury lamp in the garden. Is the
largest moth in the world in terms of
recorded wingspan about 30 cm.
Andrew
Neild and Zsolt
Bálint have
just published the description of a
spectacular new Andean species of Evenus (Lycaenidae: Eumaeini). The new species, Evenus
felix,
has been misidentified and confused with
the predominantly Central American
speciesEvenus
coronata.
"Les
Lépidoptéristes de France" is presently working on a
new book about the Morpho genus
which would be published in September
2015. There
will be many photos, not only pinned
butterflies, but also many Morpho alive
in natura. We build the book not on a
taxinomic approach but biogeographic :
the Mata atlântica in Brazil, Amazonia
and Guyanes, Southern and Central Andes,
and so on.
We would be very
happy and honoured if you give us the
authorization to use some of your
magnificent pictures of Morpho in
Yungas. Of course, your name will be
quoted as photographer and Butterfly
specialist.
Our best regards, Jean-Marc
Gayman
Secrétaire de l'ALF
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The Moths and butterflies of Great
Britain and Ireland
26th November 2014
Epinotia rubiginosana & Ancylis
subarcuana. Melby Overdrev, Denmark 18th May
2014.
Photographer; Lars Andersen
Heath, John H; Maitland-Emmet,
A: The Moths and butterflies
of Great Britain and Ireland. This series
started off being published by Harley
Books before being transferred to Apollo
Books in Denmark, and has now moved to
Brill. Although originally projected as a
series of 11 volumes, Brill has confirmed
that volume 11 has been cancelled.
Volumes 6 and 8 are still in preparation,
Volume 5 has been
announced for December
2014
in two parts, and the remaining volumes
have been published, some of which have
been issued in several parts.
The Moths and
butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 5, Part 1, Tortricidae:Tortricinae - Chlidanotinae. Preorder Now Dec
2014.
Monark, Danaus
plexippus. Silves, Algarve, Portugal d 28
January 2011.
Photographer; Lars Andersen
Keep an eye out
for Monarch, Danaus
plexippus
butterflies! Two have been spotted in
Cornwall recently, blown across from USA
to the UK during their annual migration
to Mexico.
Monarchs are one of the wonders of
the natural world. At this time of the
year they migrate an astonishing 3,000
miles (even longer if they accidently end
up in the UK!) to their over-wintering
grounds in mountains of Mexico.
Storm systems on the Eastern Seaboard of
America can pick them up and deposit them
on the West Coast of Ireland and the
Southwest of England. We very rarely see
them on our shores, but every now and
again a few appear looking a little cold
and lost!
Have you ever seen a
Monarch butterfly?
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Butterflies
of West Africa
8th
October 2014
Part 1. Euphaedra species by Henrik Bloch
December 2013 made the Danish
expedition visits to several of Ghana's
rainforests to registers butterflies,
during these visits, we had the
opportunity to film butterflies and other
insects. This video is the first in the
series Butterflies from Ghana and showing
Nymphalidae, Euphaedra.
During his stay in Ghana managed to shot
10 species out of 30 species recorded in
Ghana. The expedition was engaged by Henrik
Bloch
and Jan Flindt in cooperation
with Torben B. Larsen Natural History
Museum in London.Thank you for your
interasse
Henrik Bloch
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Yungas
Rio Mariposas Bolivia
3th
October 2014
Pedromariposa = Peter
Møllmann
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Punjen
Hide Away Thailand
9th
October 2014
September 2012 PUNJEN
HIDE AWAY is a wonderful place, if
you want to stay in a good room, and at
the same time be very close to nature.
You will find many different butterflies,
dragonflies, beetles and other insects in
the garden of Punjen Hide Away, and even
more in the rainforest which is just the
backyard. You can explore alone without
any problems, or you can get help from
one of the employees of the resort. Henrik
Bloch
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Butterflies
from Chiang Mai
9th
October 2014
September 2012 Huay Kaew water Fall
is a wonderful place to look at
butterflies, the place is close to Chiang Mai center,
only a half hour drive, waterfall located
a few 100 meters north of Chiang Mai Zoo.
Henrik Bloch
Peter
Møllmann filming
butterflies. Yolosa, elev. 1200 m. Yungas,
Bolivia 18th January 2012. Photographer: Lars
Andersen
Peter
Møllmann
will be organizing as previous years,
photo and adventure tours to the mountain
jungle in the Andes in Bolivia. We will
go on daily tours (possibility for night
tours too) to top hot spots for
butterflies.
Peter
Møllmann speaks Spanish. He
has more than 25 years of experience
travelling the jungles of the Andes
Region.
8th
August 2014; Nigel
Marven
visited Pinseskoven on Amager, Denmark
for with his film crew to film the Camberwell
Beauty, Nymphalis
antiopa.
I had already smeared sugarlure on birch
along a path out there pm. 7 in the
morning. It was an exciting day with the
film crew, and we managed to film Camberwell
Beauty.
Thanks for the experience, and to be part
of this. Lars Andersen
Butterflies
tour in Sweden; Skåne, Öland, Småland,
Östergötland and
Uppland region
15th - 18th
July 2014
Participants:
Lars A.
Krogh and Lars
Andersen
Reverdin's
Blue, Plebejus
argyrognomon female on Liquorice
Milkvetch, Astragalus
glycyphyllos in
northern Småland, Sweden
17th of
July 2014.
Photographer; Lars
Andersen
July 15th; We were
driving early morning at.
5:00 from Copenhagen
directly to Kristdala in
Småland where we went on
a dry field with tramping
trails through some
Scabious where it was
obvious that the day
before there had been any.
It had there been, I read
the Trip Report of Thomas
Læssøe, Jens
Mikkel Lausten and Erling
Krabbe who went
there the day before. We
were to see Large
Grizzled Skipper, Pyrgus
alveus as I
earlier on July 9th had seen
this species with Jan Eske
Schmidt & Magnus
West Hebsgaard.
Later in
the afternoon we driwe to
Överum in northern
Småland to look for Reverdin's
Blue, Plebejus
argyrognomon. We
arrived at the location
at which again was
tramping trails along
groups of Liquorice
Milkvetch, Astragalus
glycyphyllos along
field which flew at least
5 pcs. Reverdin's
Blue around.
In between vegetation
there were large groups
of Meadow
Vetchling,
Lathyrus
pratensis witch
flew 2. Cryptic
Wood White, Leptidea
juvernica around in
the 2nd generation. End
of the day we driwe to
Bjärka-Säby in
Östergötland where we
went into the forest with
Oak, Ash, Alder and Hazel
to look after Woodland
Brown, Lopinga
achine as we saw
1 pcs. female. Later near
we camped for the night.
July 16th; Early
the next morning we went
back to a small bright
open meadow with Hazel
and looked after Woodland
Brown
unsuccessfully. At 9, 30
time, we decided to drive
in the direction
Stockholm E4 against
Norrtäjle of E18 to
Hallstavik, Uppland to
look for Silvery
Argus, Aricia
nicias without
success. Later, after
having studied Wood
Cranesbill, Geranium
sylvaticum in seed
stage, and seen a lot of
Fritillary Butterflies
and Blue, we driwe back
to Bjärka-Säby in
Östergötland to again
look for Woodland
Brown, Lopinga
achine
unsuccessfully, later we
put the tent up in the
same place overnight.
Apollo, Parnassius
apollo female
lays eggs in pinecone.
Loftahammar, Småland,
Sweden July 17th
2014.
Photographer; Lars
Andersen
July 17th; we were
looking after Woodland
Brown
unsuccessfully, at 9 pm
we eastwards to Överum
in northern Småland and
searched again after Reverdin's
Blue, Plebejus
argyrognomon. We
arrived at the location
where there were some
newly hatched Reverdin's
Blue. There
was approx. 6 pcs. Cryptic
Wood White, Leptidea
juvernica flying
around in the 2nd
generation with a single
female.
Further up
the dirt road which flew
more Wood
White, Leptidea
sinapis around in
the 2nd generation. At 12:30
pm we further east to
Loftahammar and up to
Hästsundet and saw
several Apollo, Parnassius
apollo fly
around the flowers, and a
female who lage eggs in
Pinecone. At 18 the time
we had to find a place to
stay in the neighborhood,
but that was occupied on my
good place, then at 19
the time we decided to
drive to Öland, where we
arrived at. 22:00 to put
up a tent for the night.
July 18th; Next
morning at Öland in
Mittlandsskogen so we ca.
5 pcs. Large
Tortoiseshell, Nymphalis
polychloros males. We
were going back to
Copenhagen the same day,
but took a detour by
Åhus in the northeastern
Skåne to see Turquoise
Blue, Poyommatus
dorylas. We came
back to Copenhagen at. 21:00.
HHere
our list of Swedish
butterflies species on
the tour 15th to
18th
July 2014.
1.
Apollo, Parnassius
apollo Småland:
Hästsundet, Loftahammar:
5 stk. d. 17/7.
Left of the image
on roadsides against the forest,
there is a Wood
White locality, and the Cryptic
Wood White middle of the
image along the boundary in field
in northern Småland, Sweden 17th of July 2014. Photographer; Lars Andersen
I
was with Lars A.
Krogh
in northern Småland on 15
& 17 July
2014 on a
locality where there were
two separate populations
of Wood
White,
Leptidea
sinapis
and the Cryptic
Wood White,
Leptidea
juvernica
with just 200 m between
populations. Where to
identify species females
at the host plants as
they flew over the
habitat.
Method
was to follow Leptidea
females
on habitat across host
plants to make safe
identification: for Wood White
is Bitter
Vetch,
Lathyrus
linifolius
stand along forest road
that is partially
overshadowed by trees. In
contrast stands Meadow
Vetchling,
Lathyrus
pratensis
in light open terrain
close to cultivated field
which host plant for Cryptic
Wood White.
Cryptic
Wood White, Leptidea
juvernica male & female.
Northern Småland, Sweden. 17th Juli 2013. Photographer: Lars Andersen
Wood
White, Leptidea
sinapis male. Northern
Småland, Sweden. 17th Juli 2013. Photographer: Lars Andersen
Pinseskoven, western
Amager, Denmark d.
30 june 2014.
Pinseskoven, western
Amager, Denmark d.
30 june 2014.
Photographer; John
S. Petersen
Photographer; Lars
Andersen
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A unknown Lycaenidae/Penaincisalia
species to science?
6th June 2014
Penaincisalia species?
Cascades des Sacramento Alto elv. 2600 m.
Yungas, Bolivia
2th February 2014. Photographer; Ole
Andersen
6th June 2014; I found a very
nice picture of a Penaincisalia butterfly
in your web page. Actually, this is a new
species to science in a small species-group
Im reviewing taxonomically and it was the
subject of my PhD thesis. I supose you
didnt collect this specimen but any other
information about exact locality it will
be very nice for me. Carlos
Prieto
First of all, thanks for
some great websites with great pictures
of butterflies!
I see you
followed Scarce
Tortoiseshell, Nymphalis
xanthomelas their movements
Pinseskoven and elsewhere in southern
Scandinavia and you also mentioned that
the species should be showing up in
Norway.
In this
connection. I would like to mention that
today I find xanthomelas new to Norway in Vestfold
Fylke (about 100-130 km south of Oslo on
the west side of the Oslo fjord), more
specifically the Trollsvann in Andebu
Municipality. I got lured least two male
into sugar.
sincerely Reidar J D
In Voith d. 22 april 2014
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Road to Zongo
7th april 2014
MARIPOSAS DE BOLIVIA 2014;
"Road to
Zongo". Bolivia januar
2014.
Fotograf; Peter Møllmann. Magnifico portal
del de los naturalistas y fotógrafos; Ole Andersen & Peter Møllmann de Dinamarca,
con muchas colecciones de fotos de
mariposas.
The Blue-Spotted
Comma, Polygonia
c-album, ab.caeruleopunctata(Schwartz
& Andersen, 2014)
Pinseskoven,
Denmark d. 31 March 2014.
Photographer: Kirsten Schwartz
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Kirsten Schwartz
was in the Pinseskoven on the western
Amager located 5 km south of Copenhagen,
Denmark where she on March
31, 2014 photographed one
Comma,
Polygonia c-album
with blue spots
on the hindwings upperside.
It's not a fools'
day story! It is a true observation of an
unknown aberration. It is the first time
the world has seen a Comma
with blue spots on the upperside of the
hindwings.
As similar to the
Asian Comma, Polygonia
c-aureum which has less
jagged wings with small blue spots on the
upperside of the hindwings.
This Comma,
Polygonia c-album
are otherwise normal drawn on wings
upperside is ocher-colored with small
black spots. What sets it apart from the
normal form are the small blue spots on
the hindwings upperside of the inner
submarginal area in cell M1, cell M3
& cell CuA1, there are also a few
blue scales in the marginal area in the
same cells.
The underside is
gray-brown pattern with a distinct white
C, and looks completely normal. It is the
green spots in inner submarginal area,
and narrow green bands in the marginal
area on the bottom, that looks like blue
spots on the upper side.
There must be a
hidden gene for blue spots in this
tortoiseshell's genome, which mistakenly
has been activated.
The Small Copper,
Lycaena phlaeas has
a similar aberration with blue spots on
the upperside of hindwings: ab. caeruleopunctata
whose aberrations name describes these
blue spots.
So we have
decided that this beautiful bluespotted
undescribed aberration should be named to; The
Blue-Spotted
Comma, Polygonia
c-albumab;caeruleopunctata(Schwartz
& Andersen, 2014)
Die
Nachtfalter Deutschlands Zum ersten Mal werden in
einem Feldführer alle in Deutschland
vorkommenden Nachtfalter auf Lebendfotos
in ihrer natürlichen Ruhestellung
abgebildet. Mehr als 90 Fotografen
stellten ihre Bilder zur Verfügung.
Zusätzlich wird eine repräsentative
Auswahl von Raupen gezeigt.
878
Seiten, 76 Farbtaflen über 1750
Lebendfotos. Autoren; Axel
Steiner, Ulrich
Ratzel, Morten
Top-Jensen & Michael
Fibiger. BugBook
Publishing,
2014.
Innerhalb
Deutschlands erfolgt die Lieferung
versandkostenfrei. € 99,00 Euro.
Scarce Tortoiseshell, Nymphalis
xanthomelas. Pinseskoven, Amager d. 20
Marts 2014. Photographer: Lars
Andersen
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8th March to 8th
April 2014
March
10, 2012; the
Scarce
Tortoiseshell photographed Pinseskoven,
Vestamager by Palle
Biehl.
March 11,
2012; so just
a call! It looks like the Scarce
Tortoiseshell be a new resident danish
butterflies since 2012 in Pinseskoven,
Vestamager. I recommend that you do not
collect Scarce
Tortoiseshell
in Kongelunden, Pinseskoven, Fasanskoven
& Amager Fælled to all of Amager
Island near Copenhagen, Denmark.
So as not to
create trouble to day in the Pinseskoven,
you have to respect the species' chance
to live out there. This applies to people
with binoculars, photographers and
collectors, keep a respectful distance to
this butterflies.
There are in the Danish
Entomological Society (DEF) decided Ethical
Rules on the collection. Where
these rules to the extent applicable to
this new danish butterfly species.
Scarce Tortoiseshell, Nymphalis
xanthomelas male. Pinseskoven, Denmark d. 11
March 2014. Photographer: Lars
Andersen
Scarce
Tortoiseshell, Nymphalis
xanthomelas is seen in several
locality in eastern Sweden from
Linköping to Stockholm yesterday and
today on 8 to 9 March
2014. It
looks like it is spreading north along
the Baltic Sea coast archipelago. In
Denmark waiting now on there will be an
invasion this year? Last year was seen a
few Scarce Tortoiseshell in eastern Denmark. Here
is a Scarce
Tortoiseshell
from Linköping, March 2014 on Artportalen.
Scarce Tortoiseshell, Nymphalis
xanthomelas male. Pinseskoven d. 7
April 2012. Photographer: Lars
Andersen
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A single gene, doublesex, controls
wing mimicry in butterflies
6th March 2014
Common
Mormon, Papilio
polytes
female. Kolding, Denmark d. 2
August 2011.
Fotographer; Vibeke Kristensen
A
single gene regulates the complex wing
patterns, colors and structures required
for mimicry in swallowtail butterflies,
report scientists. Surprisingly, the gene
described, doublesex, is already well-known
for its critical role in sexual
differentiation in insects. Common
Mormon,Papilio
polytes
an Asian swallowtail butterfly species
that displays sex-limited mimicry.
Females possess one of four different
wing patterns, three of which mimic toxic
species, while the remaining female form
and all males remain non-mimetic.
Patia orise, Dismorphiinae, Pieridae&Methona
confusa, Ithomiini, Nymphalidae. Photographer; Lars
Andersen
The
mystery of how a butterfly
changes its wing patterns to
mimic neighboring species and
avoid being eaten by birds has
been solved. Scientists located
and sequenced the chromosomal
region responsible for the wing
patterns in an Amazonian
butterfly. They found that three
versions of the same chromosome
coexist in this species, each
version controlling distinct wing-pattern
forms. This has resulted in
butterflies that look completely
different from one another,
despite having the same DNA.
Epargyreus barisses. Coroico, Yungas, Bolivia d. 17
januar 2005.
Photographer: Lars Andersen
Have today removed
galleries and photos of Bolivia
from 2004
to 2008.
Therefore missing more photos on Bolivian
Butterflies Checklist.
It is useful to visit the Butterflies
of America
if you want to see these species from Bolivia.
These earlier galleries from Bolivia
are out of date, and from a time when my
experience with digital photography and
image editing was limited. With hopes of
a good butterflies season Lars
Andersen
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Latest articles, links and photos
February 2014
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Two New butterfly Species
Discovered in southern Texas
23th February 2014
Hermes Satyr, Hermeuptychia
hermes (Fabricius,
1775) are probably the most common butterflies
from southern Texas to Argentina, in the Andes
eastern slopes from 1000 meters up to 2000 meters.
Found on mountain grassland in Bolivia. Coroico
1900 m.h. d. 6 February 2012. Photographer Lars
Andersen
In a rare
discovery, researchers have come
across two new butterfly species that
appear quite similar but have incredibly
different genes. After sequencing
segments of the insects’ DNA and
examining their genitalia, scientists
found profound differences, including a
variation in size and color of their
external sex organs. A study published
this month in ZooKeys details
the two new species; Intricate
Satyr, Hermeuptychia
intricata
(Grishin, 2014) and South
Texas Satyr, Hermeuptychia
hermybius(Grishin, 2014), and
supposes that they were long overlooked
because of their resemblance to a
butterfly identified two centuries ago—
Carolina Satyr, H.
sosybius
(Fabricius, 1793). Se more on this two
new species on Butterflisofamerica.
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Western Pygmy Blue,
Brephidium exilis
20th February 2014
Western
Pygmy Blue,
Brephidium exilis.
Dubai
Gulf, United Arab Emirates
february 2014. Photographer; Jens
Krogsgaard Handest
Western Pygmy
Blue,
Brephidium exilis.
Is one of the world's smallest
butterflies. Habitats are deserts, salt
marshes, ruderal etc. The larva feeds on Pigweed,
Chenopodium alba
be found anywhere in the Northern
Hemisphere. Found original in the U.S.,
in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada,
California and Mexico. Introduced to
Hawaii, the United Arab Emirates and
Saudi Arabia. Is highly invasive species.
Monsanto's Roundup and genetically modified
crops are harming everybody's favorite butterfly
Monark, Danaus
plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758). Sierra del
Chincua sancturay in Angangueo pineforest, Mexico
d 27 January 2014. Photographer; Frants
Kjellerup
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Movie clips with Prepona
(Agrias)
claudina lugens
Caranavi,
Yungas, Bolivia Januar
2014.
Photografer; Peter Møllmann
3th
February 2014
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Latest articles, links and photos
January 2014
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Baird's Swallowtail, Papilio
machaon bairdii
Illustrator;
Peder Greve, 1984.
26th January 2014
Baird's
Swallowtail, Papilio
machaon bairdii from Rocky Mountain,
western United Stated. Illustrator; Peder
Greve
in the 80s. Peter did some
illustrations with the North American
swallowtails as was his great interest.
Scandinavia includes Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Åland
Islands are part of northern
Europe. It has been found 142 species
butterflies with few immigration species
from the south and east. It is very rare
that there is migration from the west as
the North Sea and the Atlantic is a
difficult hurdle to pass. Scandinavia
contains several climatic zones, with
deciduous forests and grasslands in the
south, coniferous forests and swamps
midway, mountains and rocky coastlines in
the west and tundra in the north where
summer is very short and some years
absent.
Mountains and Rocky
Coastlines
offer unique environment where there can
be very hot in summer. Here are some
butterflies that would otherwise be down
to the Alps to see. This is particularly
warm microclimate in summer on the
southwest-facing mountains in Norway and
Sweden rocky coastlines which contains an
herbal rich flora.
Interesting behavior of Perrhybris
pamela she laying eggs when
arriving an ant and butterfly defends her
eggs cluster against the intrusive ant.
Can be seen on;
Lyttesholm d. 24 december 2011. Photographer; Tubas
Løkkegaard
Lyttesholm.dk A new Naturecenter is
taking form in the south of Lolland, in
the middle of a fascinating nature area.
Saksfjed Inddæmning and Hyllekrog with
Brunddragene. An area of one of Denmark's
and Scandinavia's best places to observe
the autumn migration of birds of prey.
Beach, salt marshes, meadows and woods
with an exciting fauna, including many
orchids.
Breeding
White-tailed Eagle with webcam, wild
horses, grazing cows, breeding meadow and
shorebirds. Lots of migratory birds that
can be seen from the new observation
tower. There is almost every year Pale Clouded
Yellow
and Clouded Yellow. Around The nature center
will be a wild meadow with some Lucerne.
The naturecenter
will make posters about the area and its
fauna and flora, maps with suggestions
for walks in the area, to see the special
things the area has to offer. The center
will organize many events related to
nature during the year. Soon there will
be rooms for cheap rent, so you can get
some sleep before going home after like
moths, as there certainly are many rare
of. Would you early in the morning to
look at birds or nature, it is also
convenient to have to sleep in a room in
the center, so you should not drive home
at night.
Willowherb
Hawkmoth, Proserpinus
proserpina. Rødbyhavn, Lolland d.
24 maj 2012. Photographer; Tubas
Løkkegaard.
Not far from the
nature center is located Rødbyhavn known
by many lepidopteorologer, moths people
who could also benefit from a room before
the trip home. Maribo Natural Park is
also close by.
Lyttesholm
Nature Center has a good and close
cooperation with the Bird Protection Fund
and DOF, and the residents of the holiday
cottages in Brunddragene, as well as
locals and village Errindlev with his
grocery store.
The daily
operations: electricity, water, heating
and coffee find funding through
membership of Society Lyttesholm Nature
Center, and costs 100.-kr. for an annual
membership. This an invitation to join.
This can be done through the website Lyttesholm.dk. Tubas
Løkkegaard on 13
januar 13, 2014
Hamadryas
februa. Erora gabina and Saddleback Moth species
in Limacodidae family.
Caranavi, elev.
800 m. Yungas, Bolivia d. 12 January 2014.
Photographer: Ole Andersen
Hamadryas
laodamia.
Caranavi, elev.
800 m. Yungas, Bolivia d. 21 January 2014.
Photographer: Peter Møllmann
Killermoth,
Lonomia camox
(Lemaire, 1972) female.
Hotel Esmeralda Elevation:
1800 m. Coroico, Yungas,
Bolivia d. 24
january 2007.
Photographer; Lars
Andersen
On
16 January
2014; In most
caterpillars are thorns
harmless or cause only
mild irritation in humans,
but at least one Saturniidae species,
by touching the larva be
deadly to humans. The
well camouflaged thorny
caterpillar of Lonomia
obliqua are often
found together for trunks
in the Amazon. There have
been thousands of cases
where people
inadvertently touch or
rub an arm against them.
The effects can be
extreme, including
massive intercranial
bleeding and kidney
failure. Lonomia larvae
are a frequent cause of
death in southern Brazil
- 354 people died between
1989-2005. The
mortality rate is around
1.7% - roughly equivalent
to the Rattlesnake!
