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Мотылек, рыжевато-коричневый

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Scarce Tortoiseshell
Nymphalis xanthomelas Photo #12365: Nymphalis xanthomelas


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11 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

You have already my suggestion and vote +1, so any other who agree might add another + or has to give a new suggestion.

let's Vote! xD

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 11 years ago

haha, yes why not! After all is the closest one to Dimitri's butterfly :))

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

OK, we take Nymphalis, but which one? Do you agree with Xantomelas??

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 11 years ago

Then it's a deal, kaniska goes, nymphalis stays :)

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Kaniska would have black and blue, so it looks more like Nymphalis.

looks like Kaniska, but it's Not black, it's orange and brown

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Moscow is in my eyes out of the range of Kaniska canace and I did not find any reference in European books.

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 11 years ago

Oh, @Bayucca xanthomelas is very similar to the Kaniska canace in the underside! But I'm afraid since we don't know what's the color in the upperside, we can't tell wich species it is!
Maybe if Dimitri could tell us :)

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

One of the most tricky ones, I IDed from Europe. It is definitely a Nymphalis sp. and I think it is Nymphalis xanthomelas, due to the more intense color contrasts and the sharper scalopped forewings. The other candidate is Nymphalis polychloros.
Please, Despina, take a look at this one and tell me what you think.

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 11 years ago

No, it's not a tawny moth. It looks like a polygonia c, or a kaniska canace
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kanisk...
http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/vodola...

Орехово-Борисово Южное, Москва, Russian Federation

Spotted on Oct 1, 2012
Submitted on Oct 5, 2012

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