Dusky Heath (Coenonympha dorus)
2022 photographs highlighted in blue. Click on any photograph to go to an enlarged picture, or simply scroll down the page.
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| 2499_male_Var_8Jul06 | 11117_male_Bouches-du-Rhône_4Jun08 | 47441_male_Alpes-Maritimes_18Jul20 | 49490_sex?_Alpes-Maritimes_1Jul22 |
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| 43578_sex?_Var_29Jun17 | 43761_sex?_Lozère_03Jul17 | 43766_sex?_Lozère_03Jul17 |
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A heat-loving butterfly limited to the far south-east (in
France), sometimes quite common. It is quite intricately marked and can vary between quite richly coloured,
as 11117, to quite “washy” as in 2499. |
In the Cévennes region of southern France the form microphthalma occurs, probably to the exclusion of the nominate form, where the ocelli are greatly reduced. This form is not mentioned in T&L although it is mentioned in TLID (where it is described, probably incorrectly, as microphtalma). 43761 and 43766 are typical examples of this form. |
| ref | sex |
observations |
alt. m |
| 2499 | M |
unusually pale, and it doesn't seem due to wear. The ocelli are also quite small. |
780 |
| 11117 | M |
a fresh male, lovely bold ocelli and a wide fresh silver submarginal stripe. |
35 |
| 47441 | M | a male, rather insipid colouring which does not appear to be entirely due to ageing. | 1000 |
| 49490 | M | a male, quite pale in colour although richly orange | 1000 |
| 43578 | ? | a particularly dark and sombre dorus. The unh post-discal band is very white and strongly contrasted to the adjacent bands. The colouring is rather cold and the unf ocellus is unusually large. | 680 |
| 43761 | ? | An example of the form microphthalma from the Cévennes. It has a very pale and warm colouring which makes the silver stripe, especially on the unh, stand out quite clearly. | 990 |
| 43766 | ? | another example of microphthalma, even more extreme than 43761. | 990 |
11117_male_Bouches-du-Rhône_4Jun08
47441_male_Alpes-Maritimes_18Jul20
49490_sex?_Alpes-Maritimes_1Jul22
