David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital Video Images
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Butterflies 65 – Dryads
DRYAD Minois
dryas (m)
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This male Dryad Butterfly Minois
dryas was photographed in France where it has a local distribution. The
twin blue-pupilled spots on the forewings of this
sexually dimorphic butterfly are prominent field characteristics if the insect
can be observed clearly with the forewings raised (so ideally when settled)
although confusion may be possible with the Great Sooty Satyr Satyrus ferula (illustrated
elsewhere on this web site) in those areas of southern Europe where the ranges
of these species overlap. Without these markings this butterfly would be very
drab indeed! The photograph has been scanned from a transparency.
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