David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital Video Images
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Butterflies 106 – Provençal Fritillaries
PROVENÇAL FRITILLARY Melitaea
deione (f)
PROVENÇAL FRITILLARY Melitaea
deione (f)
PROVENÇAL FRITILLARY Melitaea
deione (f)
PROVENÇAL FRITILLARY Melitaea
deione (f)
PROVENÇAL FRITILLARY Melitaea
deione (f)
PROVENÇAL FRITILLARY Melitaea
deione (f)
PROVENÇAL FRITILLARY Melitaea
deione (f)
PROVENÇAL FRITILLARY Melitaea deione (f)
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These photographs
of a female Provençal Fritillary Melitaea
deione were taken in Portugal where this
species is one of the commonest small fritillaries. In this case an irregular
‘H’-shaped marking
critical for identifying this species may be seen clearly close to the inner
margin of the upper surface of the right forewing and there are subtle variations
in the ground colour, a feature of females. This Butterfly Conservation European
Butterflies reference: http://www.european-butterflies.org.uk/downloads/EURO%20FRITS%20GUIDE.pdf offers excellent guidance, and it
should enable most European fritillaries to be identified from clear
photographs – if the appropriate features can be seen. It is easy to get them
wrong as the markings may be almost identical, albeit variable, between closely
related species, and since he discovered it, the author has been carefully cross-checking
old photographs for misidentifications! There have been some recent
reclassifications in the light of DNA sequence analysis too. There are many
beautifully illustrated reference books available for students of for
butterflies but looking at a high-resolution PDF enlarged on a computer screen
offers distinct advantages when making any direct comparisons with the details
in photographs.
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