Natural History Photographs


First stop of this trip, at an overflowing trough, the water draining away to a little pool. Such wet places set in an overall dry landscape often attract large numbers of mud-puddling butterflies, and this location was no exception.

Drinking communitiy
Nederlands:dagvlinders
English:butterflies
Deutsch:Tagfalter
Norsk:dagsommerfugler
Polyommatus aroaniensis
Authority:(Brown, 1976)
English:Greek Anomalous Blue
Tarucus balkanicus
Authority:(Freyer, 1844)
English:Little Tiger Blue
Cupido minimus
Authority:(Fuessly, 1775)
Nederlands:dwergblauwtje
English:Small Blue
Deutsch:Zwerg-Bläuling
Norsk:Dvergblåvinge
Svenska:Mindre blåvinge
Français:Argus frêle
Español:duende menor
Polyommatus
daphnis
Authority:([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
English:Ripart's Anomalous Blue
Deutsch:Zahnflügel-Bläuling
Français:Azuré de l'orobe
Español:niña dentada
Leptidea cf. sinapis
Authority:(Linnaeus, 1758)
Nederlands:boswitje
English:Wood White
Deutsch:Echter Tintenfleck-Weißling, Echter Leguminosen-Weißling
Norsk:Skoghvitvinge
Svenska:Skogsvitvinge
Français:Piéride du lotier
Español:esbelta común