BUTTERFLIES +

In the Netherlands I was a keen on butterflies, damselflies and dragonflies (and a bit of hoverflies).  I think it would be nice to publish photographs of these insects here...

For convenience I group them as families:

Papilionidae (swallowtals and likes)

Pieridae (whites and yellow-whites)

                                                green-veined white/rapssommerfugl Pieris naps Bergen, jul 25

southern small white/sørlig liten hvitvinge Pieris mannii, Groningen, July 25

brimstone butterfly/sitronsummerfugl Gonepteryx rhamni, Bergen, August 25

 Lycaenidae (blues, coppers and hairstreaks)

 common blue/tiriltungeblåvinge Polyommatus icarus, Schiermonnikoog, July 25

 alcon blue/søteblåvinge Phengaris alcon, Balloo, the Netherlands, July 25

large copper/storgullvinge(?) Lycaena disparaging batava, Werribben, the Netherlands, July 25

 Nymphalidae (fritillaries, admirals, satyrs)

silvery-washed fritillary/keiserkåpe Argynnis paphia, Havelte, the Netherlands, July 25

niobe fritillary/niobeperlemorvinge Argynnis niobe, Schiermonnikoog, July 25

 queen of spain fritillary/sølvkåpe Issoria lathonia, Schiermonnikoog, July 25

dark-green fritillary/aglajaperlemorvinge Speyeria aglaja, Bergen aug 25

worn dark-green fritillary/aglajaperlemorvinge Bergen, aug 25

purple emperor/stor purpurkåpe Apatura iris, Weerribben, the Netherlands, July 25 (Photo by Eric Koops)

peacock/dagpåfugleøye Aglais io, Bergen, August 25

admiral/admiral Vanessa atalanta, Bergen, August 25

comma butterfly/hvit-c Polygonia c-album Lysekloster, aug 25

meadow brown/rappsringvinge Maniola jurtina, Schiermonnikoog, July 25

meadow brown/rappsringvinge Maniola jurtina, Bergen, August 25

arran brown/fløyelsringvinge Erebia ligea, Bergen, August 25

Large Wall Brown/Klipperingvinge Lasiommata maera Herdlevær September 25

ringlet/gullringvinge Aphantopus hyparantus, Drenthe, The Netherlands, July 25

speckled wood/skogringvinge Pararge aegeria, Schiermonnikoog, July 25

grayling/kystringvinge Hipparchia semele, Schiermonnikoog, July 25

 Hesperiidae (skippers)

Dragonflies

brown hawker/brunlibelle Aeshna grandis, Bergen, July 25

golden-ringed dragonfly/kongelibelle Cordelegaster boltonii, Bergen, July 25

Moorland Hawker/Starrlibelle  Aashna juncae Herdlevær, September 25

spotted darter/svartflekkhøstlibelle Sympetrum depressiusculum, Weeribben, the Netherlands, July 25 (photo Eric Koops)

spotted darter/svartflekkhøstlibel Sympetrum depressiusculum, Weerribben, the Netherlands, July 16

common darter/senhøstlibelle Sympetrum striolatum (nigriscens?), Bergen, August 25

common darter/senhøstlibel Sympetrum striatum Bergen, aug 25. rather dark red individual with dark legs. probably nigriscens

common darter/senhøstlibel Sympetrum striatum Bergen, aug 25

black darter/svarthøstlibelle Sympetrum danae, Bergen, August 25

Damselflies

common bluet/innsjøvannymfe Enallagma cyathigerum, Bergen, August 25

Hoverflies