Aberrants, gynandromorphs, etc.

Dwarf shape of the turnip compared to the normal size.

Dwarf shape of the turnip compared to the normal size.

et because the caterpillar didn't eat enough?

et because the caterpillar didn't eat enough?

or they ate it

Dwarf shape of the turnip compared to the normal size.

don't you think your turnip (=Pieris rapae) is a turnip (Pieris napi )?

This post was edited by AGG - 16.01.2013 20: 20

don't you think your turnip (=Pieris rapae) is a turnip (Pieris napi )?

Maybe.

et because the caterpillar didn't eat enough?

There is an assumption that such small specimens did not feed on their characteristic forage grass.

or they ate it

Sasha, are you talking about parasites?

Sasha, are you talking about parasites?

Yes, there is an opinion that an infected caterpillar does not die 100%, and some of them, after all, pupate and from the remains of biomass, such miracles come out.

Yes, there is an opinion that an infected caterpillar does not 100% die,

Yes, I had such a caterpillar. The butterfly came out of normal size, but the wings did not spread.

This post was edited by okoem - 17.01.2013 12: 20

Kaliningrad region, Pionersky district

Zygaena fillipendulae-probably with a mutation in the red pigment synthesis pathway




Leptura quadrifasciata, aberration with interrupted bandages

  Zygaena fillipendulae-probably with a mutation in the red pigment synthesis pathway

Super!
I know that there are yellow forms in some other mottled birds. I didn't know about philipendula.

M. O., Poplar
Orthosia gothica (LINNAEUS, 1758)

Leptura quadrifasciata ab. kolosovi Plav.
Altai Republic, Teletskoye Lake, Chiri cordon area

Interestingly, in this area, 80 percent of the beetles of this species that I came across belonged to this aberration, which is not very typical for L. quadrifasciata, usually it has a standard aberration, with solid bandages, prevails.

Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775)
23. V.2012 Zhalskoe village, Chekhov district, Moscow region

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P. argyrognomon (female), 3. x. 2012, Kharkiv region.

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Here is such a male Hypomecis roboraria (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) flew last night (from 31.05 to 01.06.2013) to my balcony, to the light.
M. O. G. Zheleznodorozhny.

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Isn't that punctinalis?

roboraria: underside of it. Yes, and it is larger than punctinalis, which also flew in. Now just in the spread already and show because I can't yet.

Carterocephalus palaemon (Pallas, 1771)

June 6, Dobrovskiy district, Lipetsk region

Here's a fake one. Moscow region June 2013

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Here's a fake one. Moscow region June 2013

By the way, I also found the same fake one, but already in Tatarstan. At first I thought that it was flown around, but then I still took it just in case.

Here's a fake one. Moscow region June 2013

Maybe it's just a phony phony...

It turns out that you can collect a whole series of "lime trees". There is a fake one . Phony phony , and this is phony razlipovy, etc. Or something else?
The photo of the instance is presented from the collection of the Chief of Staff.

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I am fully confident in the knowledge of the forum members , but I did not specifically indicate the meeting place . Question to a respected studio: where was this specimen caught?
The Chief of Staff catches insects only in national parks, this specimen was also caught in the National Park. Anyone who correctly says the name of the Park and the place will receive a free razravilka from EntomolodzhIbox . Well, of course from balsa, and of course sliding!

The Chief of Staff catches insects only in national parks, this specimen was also caught in the National Park.

Moose Island

I am fully confident in the knowledge of the forum members , but I did not specifically indicate the meeting place . Question to a respected studio: where was this specimen caught?
The Chief of Staff catches insects only in national parks, this specimen was also caught in the National Park. Anyone who correctly says the name of the Park and the place will receive a free razravilka from EntomolodzhIbox . Well, of course from balsa, and of course sliding!

ПТЗ

Since the shape is clearly Transcaucasian, and your last trip to Turkey, I will assume that the butterfly is from near Trabzon.

If it is located geographically and according to the "National Park" criterion: niyaz is right. This is Moose Island: http://trasa.ru/region/moskovskaya_zapov.html

Cases of asymmetry in the development of the lower wings in owls. In Mythimna impura, the wing is underdeveloped, although it is fully expanded. In Axylia putris, on the contrary, one of the lower wings is hypertrophied. Butterflies from the Lipetsk region.

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Hyrkan Nature Reserve of Azerbaijan - Hyrkan Mountains, Lenkoran region.

This post was edited by dim-va - 29.06.2013 09: 30

Hyrkan Nature Reserve of Azerbaijan - Hyrkan Mountains, Lenkoran region.

This is an absolutely correct answer because the sample was caught in Hyrcanus, 15 km away. west of Lake Hanbulan together with B. Christofi in mid-May .
Approximately the same specimen was caught near Sukhumi (Abkhazia) a year later while searching for the elusive B. Ledereri. Theoretically, it can fly all over Transcaucasia, including in Turkey ( Black Sea coast), but in Trobzon we caught only one night because of the high density of buildings.
The correct answer was provided by our colleague-zygaena, thanks to him, but even more correct was our colleague - dim-va. Therefore, the straightener goes to the last participant.
To receive the prize, you need to contact EntomolodzhIbox (by phone or by mail) and specify the possibility of awarding it.

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And now - a bit off the topic of the subforum-information about the elusive B. Ledereri may help. Well, sorry that in English (((

Brahmaea ledereri ROGENHOFER, [1873] 1874
Brahmaea ledereri ROGENHOFER, [1873] 1874, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 23: 569-574. Type locality: “cilicischen Taurus” [not found].

Brahmaea christophi STAUDINGER, 1879, Horae Soc. Entom. Ross. 14: 360. Type locality: „bei den heißen Quellen bei Lenkoran“. Types: (ZHUB) [examined].

Range: in some local relict populations is known from northern Iran (Mazandaran, Elburs: Kendevan) and Azerbajan: Talysh (ssp. ledereri ROGENHOFER, [1873] 1874), south-western Georgia and north-western Turkey (ssp. christophi Staudinger, 1879) and Turkish Kurdistan (ssp. zaba de FREINA, 1982).

Comments. Taxonomic score of the species is not quite clear. Some authors considered ledereri ROGENHOFER, and christophi STAUDINGER, to be different species, others regard them as subspecies. We follow here the opinion of de FREINA, 1982 and consider them as conspecific, with 2 local populations attributed to different subspecies. The subspecies ledereri ROGENHOFER, was reared in Turkey from caterpillars feeding on Phillyrea latifolia (KORB, 1899). In Georgia it was observed from Colchic Lowland where the caterpillars feed on Phyllirea [sic!] vilmoriniana (DIDMANIDZE, 2005: 11). The subspecies is extremely local and is on the wing in April. Another subspecies, christophi Staudinger, 1879, is local and restricted to the humid lowland of Talysh in SE Azerbajan, but it is not so rare, occasionally just common in April. ROMANOFF (1885) wrote about the caterpillars of the subspecies found by Lenkoran “La chenille se nourrit d’une espèce de frène [Fraxinus]”. In captivity the caterpillars of both subspecies accept Ligustrum as a host.

Material:
3 males, Azerbajan, Talysh, 15 km W Masalli, e.l. 10-15.V 2006, leg. V. TIKHONOV (MWM); 4 males, Lenkoran (MWM); male, Azerbajan, Talysh, Lenkoran forest, 13.IV 1974, leg. E. DIDMANIDZE (GNMT); male, Azerbajan, Talysh, Lenkoran forest near water reservoir, 17.IV 1974, leg. E. DIDMANIDZE (GNMT); male, Caucasus m. (ZMKU).

Echinoteres floralis

Moldova. Chisinau. 14,06,2009
On milkweed flowers

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I could not pass by the day before yesterday, although I have not taken the view for a long time because of the ordinariness.
Yes, and I had to catch with my fingers as I didn't have anything from the equipment with me.
So it asks for the topic.
Here is such Argynnis paphia (Linnaeus, 1758) obtained in nature
12.07.2013 Moscow region, Zheleznodorozhny city.

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Pyralidae
Nymphula nitidulata (Hufnagel 1767)

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I could not pass by the day before yesterday, although I have not taken the view for a long time because of the ordinariness.
Yes, and I had to catch with my fingers as I didn't have anything from the equipment with me.
So it asks for the topic.
Here is such Argynnis paphia (Linnaeus, 1758) obtained in nature
12.07.2013 Moscow region, Zheleznodorozhny city.

Similar to ab. ocellata Frings, 1902

Similar to ab. ocellata Frings, 1902

Thanks! It probably is . Underside of the rear fenders it seems to fit . One of these flew among their tovarok, and I passed by

Whether it's a hybrid or a violent aberration:

And what kind of view is that?

It's a pity that the copy is so sucked and creaky. This is mostly Ourapteryx koreana. Normally it looks like this:

who thinks what about Maniola jurtina?