Woodland Brown (Lopinga achine)
2011 photos highlighted in green. Click on any photo to go to an enlarged picture, or simply scroll down the page.
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A beautifully marked and rather rare butterfly. I first saw achine at this one location near Dijon in late June 2007, a single tired and worn female, probably the last of the colony. I revisited the site again in early June 2008 and was rewarded with several fresh achine flying, not to mention a couple of Scarce Fritillaries (Euphydryas maturna). |
It is a very nervous butterfly, remarkably difficult to approach for a photograph, as these distance shots testify; any closer and it is off very quickly. The underside is magnificent, as can just about be seen from 15945 below. In 2009 it was present in good numbers at this same site, but not present in mid-June 2010, perhaps the flight period being over by then. |
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alt. m |
| 15901 | M |
a rather worn male. |
320 |
| 15945 | M |
I had this down as a male, possibly based on behaviour, although the extent of the unh white markings matches the illustration of the female in T&L rather better than the male. The sexes are so similar that maybe this is not a reliable pointer, though. |
320 |
