Woodland Brown (lopinga achine)
2008 photos highlighted green. Click on any photo to go to an enlarged picture, or simply scroll down the page.
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I first saw achine at this location in late June 2007, a single tired and worn female, 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. The underside is magnificent, as can just about be seen from 11117 below.
11195: a male, a distance shot.
11177: a male, based purely on the territorial pose, as the undersides of both sexes are very similar.
