Thank you

Would Yellow spotted ringlet be a possibility

Photographed at about 1700m at col de la colombiere in French alps (haute savoie)

books are at home, anyone able to enter the minefield of french brown butterflies for me.

Thank you. That’s what I would have said in uk but apps were being inconsistent

Anyone able to help on this blue on a clifftop in Burgundy today, not especially high altitude I think. Other species present were Weavers and Marbled Frit, Woodland Grayling and Wall.

Thank you. I’ll have a play with it and at least learn a few French names for target species

I’m off to eastern France (near dijon) in a fortnight. It’s a family holiday but hopefully quite an outdoorsy one. I wondered if anyone knew any good online material for what was potentially flying in France (and even better sightings)

Hi, was it Durlston you were at, and were there plenty of Lulworth's out? I'm planning a trip down to see this butterfly this year. Thanks. I visited Lulworth itself, parked in the village and walked up Bindon Hill and along and down to the Cove and there were very good numbers of Lulworths. I'm no...

near the black sea coast 3 weeks ago.

Thank you very much for confirmation

photographed in mid august in rocky gully fed by spring

Had this called as provencal short tailed blue. Collins range map makes that sound unlikely although a friend in bulgaria says he sees them regularly outside the collins range. I think it looks better for Eastern Short Tailed Blue as it lacks the more prominent comma shaped line on the hind underwin...

here you go

Thanks David. I’ll look into that too I’d be happy with knapweed, glad I got the general Id right. I did find some underside photos in the end but the wings were partially open so they have sunlight shining through

Was noticeably smaller than a Queen of Spain it was next to but it's wings are in a bit of a state. No underside photos available I'm afraid.

thanks for confirmation.

From a petrol station just north of bucharest. With my british head on I had these as Silver Studded at the time. My guide said that some of the accumulated phone photos showed the tibia enough to discount it. Now I have access to the actual camera photos and collins a lot of me is leaning back towa...

Thank you Guy, no it's not disappointing, we saw lots of the group over the trip so it's just trying to file photos. They definitely didn't look out of the range of CY I've seen in the Uk (or in spain for helice as i've not seen that form in uk), I guess my guide was mistaken, he was very good on bu...

Looking at a female from about 50m away I wonder if they may be pale clouded yellow rather than the two species that were supposed to occur there.

unfortunately I only have this underside shot. In the carpathians near Bran/Zarnesti According to our guide CY itself is very uncommon there but Berger's and Eastern Pale are common. The closest I can see in Collins is probably male Danube (because of the low amount of spotting on the forewing under...