Hello Ivan,
thank you for your kind words and useful comments about the identification.
The narrow dark borders as shown here certainly are not typical for P. amanda but would rather indicate P. icarus. However, having documented the same individual's undersides of wings, their markings seem to be more likely to be Amanda's: the lack of orange marginal spots at the undersides of forewings, the lack of the forewing cell's additional black spot. Heaving read about wide variations of the dark border's width at Amanda I decided for that identification. Your expert's confirmation or correction would always be very welcome.
> Wings closed
Thank you! With best regards,
Peter |
Austria
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