Orange-banded Shoemaker at Wisley

female Orange-banded Shoemaker, Catonephele orites

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This morning I set off to the Wisley RHS butterfly exhibit with Sue and Jackie. I knew this would be a curtailed, one water bottle visit so I was pleased to see a new species which is not on the official list of butterflies that are on show. It took me some time to identify it, but finally the web site of the Butterfly Garden at University of Joensuu, Finland, gave me the image I was searching for:   http://wanda.uef.fi/botania/galleria/perhoset/

Idea leuconoe, Tree Nymph

Idea leuconoe, Tree Nymph

Kallima paralekta, Indian Leafwing

Papilio dardanus, African Mocker Swallowtail 

Papilio dardanus f hippocoonides, African Mocker Swallowtail female 

Papilio polytes, common Mormon female

Papilio polytes, common Mormon male

Siproeta stelenes, Malachite

Siproeta stelenes, Malachite

Troides rhadamantus, Golden Birdwing

Wisley Blue Morphos and Tree Nymphs

Wisley RHS

Snowdrops on crocus bank

Wisley Crocus bank