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Spialia sertorius
The Red-underwing Skipper is found in southern and central Europe and North Africa. This is a species of mountainous regions, found at altitudes of up to 1400 m.
Wet soil in an alpine ravine, alt. 1300 m. Found in the Derborence area, a high biodiversity site with two different climates; in the lower part where this spotting was made the climate is continental, dry and hot. http://www.derborence.ch/sommaire/englis...
This link shows how to differentiate between this species and Pyrgus sp. http://biodiversite.wallonie.be/fr/spial...
Spotted on Jul 12, 2013
Submitted on Oct 16, 2013
11 Comments
Thanks Dan! I would say reddish-brown rather than red: see here:
http://www.butterfliesoffrance.com/html/...
These guys didn't want to show me their belly though. In any case, the species also has distinctive upper side features to distinguish them from other local Pyrgus sp. (see link in notes).
Nice! Do they really have a red underwing?
Thanks Adi! I still have a few more to upload from this summer. It was a good year for European butterflies.
Nice one Daniele!
You have a bunch of butterfly collection! Awesome!
Thanks Cindy! I loved your metalmarks :-)
Great series of this adorable butterfly, Daniele!
A nice camera is not necessary HalleyRai :-) You're doing well with the one you have. Keep going, I'm looking forward to see more of what you find.
plus dont have a nice camera heheh
i know but i am a student and cant go hiking coz like if i we go we go for whole day.urbanization has destroyed lots of open field.but still i am trying :D.
HalleyRai, I live in Switzerland. I hike a lot at the sub-alpine and alpine levels, which have the highest biodiversity for butterflies here. Your have wonderful wildlife in Nepal too! I have visited the Kathmandu Valley twice, in 1990 and in 1998, and in that time I noticed that pollution and rapid urbanization were causing a lot of damage. If you open your eyes, as you already have, you'll be surprised by what you can find! Any observation is important on Project Noah. We have another user who recently joined from Nepal whom you might like to follow or connect to:
http://www.projectnoah.org/users/Dhirend...
where do you live??? such beautiful wildlife. . .in my place its really hard to find any wildlife