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Araschnia levana forme prorsa
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Araschnia levana f.prorsa / Map Butterfly f.prorsa / Landkärtchen f.prorsa / Landkaartje f.prorsa / Carte Géographique f.prorsa.
The Map (Araschnia levana) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is common throughout the lowlands of central and eastern Europe, and is expanding its range in western Europe.
In the UK this species is a very rare vagrant, but there have also been several unsuccessful – and now illegal – attempts at introducing this species over the past 100 years or so: in the Wye Valley in 1912, the Wyre Forest in the 1920s, South Devon 1942, Worcester 1960s, Cheshire 1970s, South Midlands 1990s. All these introductions failed and eggs or larvae have never been recorded in the wild in the UK. (Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 it is now illegal to release a non-native species into the wild.)
The Map is unusual in that its two annual broods look very different. The summer brood are black with white markings, looking like a miniature version of the White Admiral and lacking most of the orange of the pictured spring brood.
The eggs are laid in long strings, one on top of the other, on the underside of stinging nettles, the larval foodplant. It is thought that these strings of eggs mimic the flowers of the nettles, thereby evading predators. The larvae feed gregariously and hibernate as pupae.
Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_%28butterfly%29 |
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Hello Harm,
Very nice composition and good sharp detail. Good colours generally, especially the flower, although the underside of the butterfly looks a bit dark due to the backlighting. Parhaps a little lightening of the exposure in PS would make it more illustrative. Good DOF.
Interesting to hear about the failed efforts at introduction to the UK. Perhaps climate change will succeed where intervention has not. Perhaps Global Warming is a way to get around the Wildlife and Countryside Act!! Thanks
Alan
G’day Everton Beautiful image. Maybe some flash or rebounded light in this side could of brightened the exposure a little more, great DOF. Well done!
TFS Paul
Excellent photo, very beautifull colors and sharpness,
regards,
Nikos.
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