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Pyrgus armoricanus & Pyrgus malvae
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"Oberthür's Grizzled Skipper" and "Grizzled Skipper" seen together for comparison - for respective notes, please see my two previous postings.
Taxonomy (now prevalent and convenient to get an overview of this huge group of creatures, but not universally adopted):
Order: Lepidoptera: Butterflies (~250.000 world) is one of the largest orders of insects (>1.000.000 species) and is divided into two big suborders: Rhopalocera (from Gr. rhopálosis "turning into a club-like shape") and Heterocera (from Gr. heteroi'osis "turning into another [than club-like] shape"). Rhopalocera (~20.000) are diurnal butterflies characterized by their club-like antennae, while Heterocera are all the others, most often nocturnal but not always.
Superfamily: Hesperioidea, one of the 3 superfamilies of Rhopalocera: Hesperioidea (Skippers), Papilionoidea (Butterflies proper) and (the neotropical) Hedyloidea ("Butterfly moths"). This superfamily consists of one single family with about 3700 documented species (most of them in the tropical regions) with the following charcteristics in common: The head is unusually broad and thick; they have strong wing muscles giving them powerful flight; yet they remain true to their habitats, few of them known as migrants. Except for the tropical regions, the Hesperioidea are usually greyish-black, brownish or redish-yellow with white spots.
Family: Hesperiidae, the only family in the superfamily, with 3 Subfamilies and 7 Genera in the Nordic countries.
1. Hesperiinae, genera: Hesperia, Ochlodes, Thymelicus
2. Heteropterinae, genera: Carterocephalus, Heteropterus
3. Pyrginae, genera: Erynnis, Pyrgus
Subfamily: Pyrginae, with 2 genera in the Nordic countries:
1. Erynnis, rest with their wings folded backwards, covering their body the way most Heterocera do.
2. Pyrgus, rest with their wings folded over the back of the body like all other Rhopalocera.
Genus: Pyrgus, with 6
Species in the Nordic countries:
1. P. alveus
2. P. andromedae
3. P. armoricanus
4. P. centaureae
5. P. malvae
6. P. serratulae
Reference: Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna: Fjärilar - Dagfjärilar. Hesperiidae - Nymphalidae (2005) |
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- edji
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(426) - [2007-02-19 22:54]
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You know butterfly well. They look the same. Thank to share.
hi goran,
nice compilation,
sharpness , contrast & colours are good in bothe the image,
nice pov, good dof,
tfs & regards
pankaj
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- clnaef
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(6814) - [2007-02-20 3:07]
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Bonjour,
Intéressant binôme. Explications détaillées.
Bonne journée.
clnaef
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- anel
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(17170) - [2007-02-20 4:31]
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Hi Goran,
Good idea to show them together. Now we can see the differences well. Thank's also for the instructive note, but it looks quite complicated..
Best regards
Anne
Hello Goran,
very instructive presentation with P. armoricanus particularly clear, sharp, and well illuminated.
One thing only: placing the texts in safe distance under the pictures might be less interfering with the composition than inserting them on white tags into the pictures.
Thank you very much for the lot of information packed into your well prepared notes.
With best regards,
Peter
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