It's another butterfly - smaller and much less conspicuous than its relative which I wrote about this week - yet just as beautiful and interesting. According to Sammut's definitive book on the Maltese butterflies and moths, this is Syntarucus pirithous (L., 1767), which is frequently encountered throughout the warm season.
Reference:
Sammut, P., 2000. Il-Lepidoptera. Kullana Kulturali, 12: 1-246. Malta: Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza.
very nice pictures :) keep it up!
ReplyDeleteHow do you manage to capture them so clearly?
ReplyDeleteThanks to both of you!
ReplyDeleteZen, it's mostly a matter of stalking the insects patiently... sooner or later a photograph does turn out right :)