More butterflies in Greece
Working my way through far too many photos from our Greenwings trip to Greece in June 2024. The first two batches are here and here. My moth photos from the tour are here. I had a couple of good years with finding butterfly species in the UK that I’d not seen before. But, that dried up a little in 2023 because of acute mobility issues. So, in 2024, we headed to Greece and saw around 40+ species we’d never seen in the UK, 30 or so more that are of varied rarity in the UK but also present across Europe.
Wood White, Leptidea sinapis
Woodland Ringlet, Erebia medusa
Eastern Bath White, Pontia edusa (gen det needed vs P. daplidice)
Common Yellow Swallowtail, Papilio machaon
Eastern Rock Grayling, Hipparchia syriaca
Grizzled Skipper, Pyrgus malvae
Large Wall Brown, Lasiommata maera
Wall Brown, Lasiommata megera
Spotted Fritillary, Melitaea didyma