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orientbutterflies.bsky.social @orientbutterflies.bsky.social · 6d

Still some end of season colour in Malaga with Z.Rumina and P.Machaon. M.Proto was added to the list of quality skippers seen over the last three days.

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orientbutterflies.bsky.social @orientbutterflies.bsky.social · 7d

Another great day in Tarifa enjoying the specialities the area holds with @lojawildlife.bsky.social . Spent the day trying to outwit the skippers. B. Borbonica, G. Nostradamus, C. Tripolinus, D. Chrysippus

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Butterfly Conservation Europe @europebutterfly.bsky.social · 7d

In the new European butterfly Red List, 8 sp are threatened in Scandinavian tundra where the climate crisis is causing warmer + drier conditions that allows scrub to spread on sensitive bog and open habitats. eg Agriades aquilo; Boloria freija; Euphydryas iduna. www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...

Agriades aquilo, Arctic Blue (Photo: Nils Ryrholm)

Boloria freija, Freia's Fritillary (Photo: Nils Ryrholm)

Euphydryas iduna, Lapland Fritillary (Photo: Nils Ryrholm)

Overgrown bog habitat as a result of climate warming (Photo: Nils Ryrholm)

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Matt Berry @matthewberry.bsky.social · 7d

I’m out in my own wild rock garden in Greece 🇬🇷

📱 Colchicum macrophyllum

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orientbutterflies.bsky.social @orientbutterflies.bsky.social · 8d

A nice day in Tarifa, Spain today with @lojawildlife.bsky.social . C. Tripolinus , B.Borbonica, D.Chrysippus, and D.Plexippus were in reasonable numbers. Not the prize we hoped for but still two days surveying to come

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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 10d

The new European Butterfly Red List is published today, with worrying findings. Over 1/4 (28%) of Europe’s 442 species are threatened with extinction or are close to being so. The situation is far worse for our 148 endemic species, 40% are now threatened or nearly so www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...

Front cover of the European Butterfly Red List, showing Polyommatus humedasae. The report can be downloaded at https://www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?name=red-list-butterflies-2025

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Greenwings Wildlife Tours @greenwingstours.bsky.social · 10d

Today sees the launch of a report & full update of the IUCN European Red List of Butterflies.

Find out more on the @europebutterfly.bsky.social website:

www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...

Some facts & figures are also below + 3 species of conservation concern, critically endangered - vulnerable.

Critically endangered (CR) Nevada Grayling Pseudochazara williamsi in Spain (c) Sam E

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Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social · 13d

"If I were to set out to create my perfect butterfly tour then this would be it"

"I have never personally seen so many butterflies in such a short time"

"An absolutely fabulous experience"

Wonderful guest feedback for Butterflies of the Italian Alps & French Mercantour! (1/2)

#butterflies

Guest feedback for Butterflies of the Italian Alps & French Mercantour

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 20d

It is just a little before midnight here in #Estonia for the start of the @oriolebirding.bsky.social autumn tour. It is absolutely black outside as the moon has already set and a Tawny Owl is calling
The merging of day into night from the plane was breath-taking.

We head out at 0700...

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Butterfly Conservation Europe @europebutterfly.bsky.social · 20d

It would be very disappointing if the German government do not adopt the Grassland Butterfly Indicator just because it is going down. They should be taking up the challenge of reversing the decline of pollinators not ignoring this crucial issue to humanity

Stephan Piskol @spiskol.bsky.social · 27d

📢📉🦋Eine neue Studie des @ufz.de
enthüllt den Rückgang beim "Index der Gründlandschmetterlinge".

Vermutlich genau deshalb wollen Bund und Länder den Indikator des Art. 11(2) der #Wiederherstellungsverordnung lieber nicht für Deutschland anwenden.
➡️ www.ufz.de/index.php?de...

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Greenwings Wildlife Tours @greenwingstours.bsky.social · 20d

The ultimate Greenwings butterfly! Wonderful artwork by Richard & great to see the size comparison with the Swallowtail too.

Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 20d

Queen Alexandra's Birdwing - Ornithoptera alexandrae, the world's largest butterfly, male wingspan 19cm female 24 cm. Swallowtail - Papilio machaon, Britain's largest butterfly, wingspan 7cm. Print from a recent painting www.richardlewington.co.uk/album.php?id...

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orientbutterflies.bsky.social @orientbutterflies.bsky.social · 21d

13 species of butterfly along a 100mtr stretch of the Thames sea wall at Rainham today on the last day of September. That’s around 25% of the UK list. A nice end to my UK butterflying season.

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Pieter Vantieghem @pietervantieghem.bsky.social · 22d

#Southernsmallwhite - Pieris mannii - is still active in my area E of #Ghent, Belgium. This one was in the garden yesterday. It is a typical autumn female; lots of dusting between discal and apical spot, discal spot not confined by the veins and a vague discal spot on hindwing.
#urbanbiodiversity

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John Cantelo @johncantelo.bsky.social · 28d

Another date for my insomniac friends to note - I'll be giving a talk entitled "Fabulous February - Birding in SW Andalucia in Winter" at Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory this Thursday (25/09) at 19.00 🪶

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orientbutterflies.bsky.social @orientbutterflies.bsky.social · Sep 16

Don’t forget Small Bath white Pontia chloridice.

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Uwe Batke @uwebatke.bsky.social · Sep 12

#FallFriday

The Fall - What About Us?

youtu.be/_godSE6RJy0?...

The Fall - "What about us?"

YouTube video by kogler

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orientbutterflies.bsky.social @orientbutterflies.bsky.social · Sep 11

The smallest patch of nectar held five species including P Celina and A Cramera for comparison. Also a pod of 30 presumably Bottle nosed dolphins off Malaga beach. First dolphins I have seen from shore since lockdown. Too many jet skis now .

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orientbutterflies.bsky.social @orientbutterflies.bsky.social · Sep 10

Few species on the wing in Malaga after a furnace summer. M. Proto one of the few tough enough to survive the dry conditions

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David Lance Callahan @davidlancecallahan.bsky.social · Sep 10

Attention Bristol area people!

bizarropromo.bsky.social @bizarropromo.bsky.social · Sep 10

Don't miss the brilliant @davidlancecallahan.bsky.social and European Sun (solo) live at the Knowle Constitutional Club on Sunday 21st September. Doors at 3.00pm. Free to enter, a collection will be taken for the musicians. See you there.

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orientbutterflies.bsky.social @orientbutterflies.bsky.social · Sep 9

M. Proto Western sage skipper distribution along with Southern and eastern Sage skipper .

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orientbutterflies.bsky.social @orientbutterflies.bsky.social · Sep 9

Nettle tree butterfly, Black wheatear, and Western sage skipper M . Proto. Recently split into three species , Sage skipper becomes Western , here in Spain and France , Eastern from Turkey eastwards, and Southern in Greece and the islands.

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orientbutterflies.bsky.social @orientbutterflies.bsky.social · Sep 8

Beautiful fresh Z.Knysna in the garden. A tiny North African species with a foothold on the Iberian peninsula

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orientbutterflies.bsky.social @orientbutterflies.bsky.social · Sep 8

Of all the skippers I see in Spain , P Nostradamus is the one I see the least. Rarely do they sit long enough to image so when this individual landed in front of me today I grabbed the opportunity. H. Fidia , on the other hand, were everywhere. This couple were laying the foundations for next year.

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Andrew Fusek Peters @andrewfusekpeters.bsky.social · Sep 4

A really technical challenge, common blue wide-angle flight sequence in our local meadow @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @omsystem.bsky.social

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Megan Shersby @meganshersby.bsky.social · Sep 3

Looking at some butterfly pics and trying to decide if this Clouded Yellow is anything other than the 'main' species, C. croceus.

Pont d'Ael, Aosta Valley, Italy.

#Butterflies #Invertebrates

A yellow butterfly feeding from a small flower

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