Dusky Heath (Coenonympha dorus)
2024 photographs highlighted in yellow. 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 | 51447_sex?_Lozère_12Jul23 |
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| 51462_sex?_Lozère_12Jul23 |
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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, as are the 2023 images from the same region. |
| 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 |
| 51447 | ? | another example of microphthalma, with a very dark unf submarginal line. | 990 |
| 51462 | ? | another example of microphthalma, a very dark unh submarginal line, not silver at all, and unusually very dark fringes. | 990 |
11117_male_Bouches-du-Rhône_4Jun08
47441_male_Alpes-Maritimes_18Jul20
49490_sex?_Alpes-Maritimes_1Jul22
