Re: French butterfly IDs
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:01 am
Yours is definitely dorylas, David, but Matsukaze's first butterfly is not. Female dorylas is rather similar to the male on the underside, with those lovely heart-shaped orange spots lacking much black and the white borders perhaps even more conspicuous. Here is one from Switzerland:

It is a very characteristic look. I am pretty confident Matsukaze's insect is agestis.
Guy

It is a very characteristic look. I am pretty confident Matsukaze's insect is agestis.
Guy