I presume this is an Adonis Blue Female AB;Krodeli? taken today at Hutchinsons Bank.

Thanks Pete!

Again from Sorrento: I thought this was Espers as the Black band is unbroken? EspersMarbledWhite170730.LL.IT.JPG Unlike my UK Marbled White: MarbledWhite170623a.MW.UK.JPG But i've now been told that as it's just a single cell... it's a subspecies of M galathea? What does anyone think? Cheers! Damian

Thanks Guy.... I almost put the Skipper down as Dingy! but chickened out at the last moment!

Cheers!

Damian

More from Sorrento! I'm pretty sure this one is a woodland Grayling (usually means it isn't!!!): WoodlandGrayling170730b.LL.IT.JPG Not sure on this one? another woodland Grayling? WoodlandGrayling170730a.A.IT.JPG and finally some sort of Grizzled Skipper? ZZZUKN Skipper170730.LL.IT.JPG Cheers! Damian

Wow! thanks for all the information Guy...

Yes, I was given Italian Furry Blue (Agrodiaetus virgilius) as the ID.

Thanks Paul, Guy and David.

My Blue Highlight of the Trip! someone on Flickr ID'd this as an Italian Furry Blue:

Male Uppers: Male and Female underside:

Thanks Guy!

I'm presuming these are Male Common Blues from the same area? and from Lake Matese on the 25th JUly:

Thanks guy's...

I didn't see 1 and 3 open their wings... otherwise I might have managed an ID!

Thanks again for your help!

A family holiday in the Sorrento area gave me an opportunity to head to the mountains for a quick bit of butterfly watching.... Help with ID appreciated! All photos taken at Lake Laceno, Campania, Italy on the 30th July 2017. This one was fairly large ZZZUKN LargeBlue170730.LL.IT.JPG This was a tiny...

Photos all now sorted!

I think I have 3 further species!

Chalkhill Blue? Common Blue? Brown Argus? Cheers!

Damian

Ha! Thanks guy.... I like getting photos of British Butterflies abroad just as much as finding new species (Idas blue is a new one for me!) so best of both worlds here.... I had this one down as Reverdin's female? but based off your previous post, I guess this is Idas as well? Reverdin'sBlue150806a....

Here's a habitat photo for the 'Blues site':
and the other side of the rise, is the chalk quarry (Now a lake, used by 'Cliff divers'):

Oh Yes!

and an old (But beautiful) skipper.... I didn't get an underwing shot!
Regards

Damian

Many thanks to Vince and Guy for ID help! I'm now back from Krakow, but am disappointed to find there are NO books available on Polish Butterflies (I guess this means they must be very under recorded?) In terms of the Large Blue, unfortunately it was Blowing a gale at the time, I found it on a clump...

Visited my local Silver-spotted Skipper site in Surrey on the 7th August and was very pleased to see such good numbers! the other surprise was I saw up to about 10 individuals nectaring on buddleia! which i'd never seen before...

A Pair of Comma's taken at Broadfield Pond, Crawley, Sussex on the 16th April...

Quite excited about this one, having never seen a mating pair of Comma's before!

Thanks Guy...

Slightly disappointed it's not a bit more exotic!

Definately behaved completely differently to the ones we see in the UK... but I guess it's never 36 degrees C in the UK!!!

Just got back from Mugla Province in Turkey. Looking for an ID on this Male Blue... Found a small colony on what appeared to be some sort of pea. ZephyrBlue110604b condensed.TR.jpg Males had interesting behaviour, they always rested 'head down' on the tops of Grass / flower heads with wings tightly ...