David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital Video Images
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Butterflies 82 – Great-banded Graylings
GREAT BANDED GRAYLING BUTTERFLY Brintesia
circe
GREAT BANDED GRAYLING BUTTERFLY Brintesia
circe
GREAT BANDED GRAYLING BUTTERFLY Brintesia
circe
GREAT BANDED GRAYLING BUTTERFLY Brintesia
circe
GREAT BANDED GRAYLING BUTTERFLY Brintesia
circe
GREAT BANDED GRAYLING BUTTERFLY Brintesia
circe
GREAT BANDED GRAYLING BUTTERFLY Brintesia
circe
GREAT BANDED GRAYLING BUTTERFLY Brintesia
circe
GREAT BANDED GRAYLING BUTTERFLY Brintesia
circe
GREAT BANDED GRAYLING BUTTERFLY Brintesia
circe
GREAT BANDED GRAYLING BUTTERFLY Brintesia
circe
GREAT BANDED GRAYLING BUTTERFLY Brintesia
circe
GREAT BANDED
GRAYLING BUTTERFLY Brintesia circe
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The Great Banded Grayling Butterfly Brintesia (or in some references Kanetesia) circe
is an impressive insect. The final photograph shows one of these large southern
and central European butterflies with its wings partially opened to show the
broad white wing bands but they normally settle with their wings closed (they
may open and close them whilst feeding) and could be confused with some of the
larger Hipparchia species. However,
these lack the short white post-basal band seen in Great Banded Graylings and
they don’t show a similar degree of contrast between the white bands and the
dark ground colour of the wings. These butterflies are associated with rough
ground and woodland margins. The photographs were taken in the South of France
where this butterfly is common.
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David’s short film of a Great Banded Grayling
feeding may be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ivk2hAoOIU&list=PL4AirIEc0NofhDbxohAG_PoMc7P2iGR5N&index=92&t=0s.
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