butterfly

[highlander]

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f397/highlander1959/25thjuly014.jpg

[Ann]

What a beautiful creature! Thanks for the picture. Ann

[Seabird]

Highlander where do you find all these odd creatures?
Common blue or small blue, beats me.
So i sent copy of your pic to butterfly site for I.D.
Small blue seems most likely.
I used to have a great butterfly book, but like the Summer it's vanished.

Colin

[Seabird]

Answer
This is a female Common Blue... some are completely Brown... others have the blue radiating from the body, fading to brown as in your example.


Seems i was wrong again.

Colin

[kas]

Its an absoloute beauty

[highlander]

got a bit excited, after looking at a butterfly site, i thought the blue butterfly was
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/image.php?path=species/Adonis%20Blue/aberration/images/Adonis%20Blue%20-%20aberration%20-%20Scratchbury%20Ring%20-%2019-Jun-05%20(2).jpg

[highlander]

common blue
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/image.php?path=species/Adonis%20Blue/aberration/images/Adonis%20Blue%20-%20aberration%20-%20Scratchbury%20Ring%20-%2019-Jun-05%20(2).jpg

it showed adonis blue as its heading

[highlander]

I did see a plain blue butterfly one day, but was so angry with myself that i did not take the camera, so i went out looking again and saw this one, then another one, and another one lol, there were red admirals, and common whites, these i posted on birdsite a while ago, they are so lovely and delicate, they were found out at our farm 5 miles from thurso.

[Seabird]

I did see a plain blue butterfly one day, but was so angry with myself that i did not take the camera, so i went out looking again and saw this one, then another one, and another one lol, there were red admirals, and common whites, these i posted on birdsite a while ago, they are so lovely and delicate, they were found out at our farm 5 miles from thurso.

If you have problem with Butterfly ID, I got an answer within 10 minutes from
this web site info@britishbutterflies.co.uk
I inserted a picture in the e-mail with the request and back came the reply,
fantastic!

[Kenn]

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i316/kenliz/Adonis005-AH.jpg

[Kenn]

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i316/kenliz/Admiral_RH.jpg

[Seabird]

A Fantastic Red Admiral.
All the butterflies i seem to find are damaged or wont settle, must be the wind we get in Caithness.

[norscot]

Sporran,

I don't think your pic is a Monarch but rather a Swallowtail.

Have a look here:
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/image.php?path=species/Swallowtail/imago/images/Swallowtail%20-%20imago%20-%20Strumpshaw%20Fen%20-%2007-Jun-05%20(10).jpg

[Sporran]

Sporran,

I don't think your pic is a Monarch but rather a Swallowtail.

Have a look here:
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/image.php?path=species/Swallowtail/imago/images/Swallowtail%20-%20imago%20-%20Strumpshaw%20Fen%20-%2007-Jun-05%20(10).jpg

You are right, norscot. I have just checked into it, and the one pictured in your link is the Papilio Machaon aka the Old World Swallowtail, aka the Common Yellow Swallowtail.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_World_Swallowtail

The one in my two photos is the Papilio Glaucus aka the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. And apparently, it's the state butterfly for where I live, as well as four other states in the USA! :cool:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Tiger_Swallowtail

[Seabird]

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e307/seabird72/Butterflys/Green-veinedWhitefemale.jpg

[kas]

Found this Small tortoiseshell in my living room at the weekend.
Is it just me or is there a lot more Butterflies this year, or am I taking more notice of them.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f170/kasm/tort.jpg

[Seabird]

Seeing such a beautiful butterfly this late in the year in Caithness is quite a surprise.
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e307/seabird72/RedAdmirala17-9-06.jpg

[WeeBurd]

Kas, I agree completely, there have been loads flying about.

Whilst out and about, we found a friendly Red Admiral, who became very attached to my eldest, so I got some lovely pics of her and her wee chum...