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| Eastern Baton Blue, Pseudophilotes vicrama clara |
On Day 4 of our Corfu trip (April 11) we moved from John & Lynne's wonderful villa at Arillas to very nice apartments at Dassia. On the way we visited Paleokastritsa
and met up with Corfu naturalist Giannis Gasteratos. During the day we saw many
butterflies including Oriental Marbled Skipper, Glanville Fritillary, Clouded
Yellow, Wood White, Wall, Brown Argus Common Blue, Green-underside Blue, Green
Hairstreak, Painted lady and Grecian
Copper larvae. Other wildlife: Balkan Green Lizard & Minstrel Shield Bug. Later
we visited the Old Fort area of Corfu Town where I saw Blue-throated Keeled Lizards
on the trees. After booking into our apartments I walked down a road to the
sea, then found a woodland path back. This led me to a hillside with bee hives
at the top, and wonderful flora on the chalky slope. I found some Eastern Baton
Blues which was our first sighting of this butterfly. There
were also Common Blues, a Painted Lady and Clouded Yellows. When it was dark I saw
a White Ermine moth and a Muslin Moth by the light at entrance to the apartments.
John & Lynne's villa:
Paleokastritsa
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| Asparagus Pea, Tetragonolo purpureus |
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| Brown Argus, Aricia agestis |
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| Brown Argus |
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| Clouded Yellow ♀, Colias croceus |
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| Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus |
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| Glanville Fritillary, Melitaea cinxia |
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| Large Pink Cistus, Cistus incanus |
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| Mallow-leaved Bindweed, Convolvulus althaeoides |
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| Oriental Marbled Skipper, Carcharodus orientalis |
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| Rush Veneer, Nomophila noctuella |
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| Wall ♂, Lasiommata megera |
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| Whinchat, Saxicola rubetra |
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| Wood White, Leptidea sinapis |
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| Spotted Fritillary larva, Melitaea didyma |
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| olive grove |
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| harshly pruned olive trees |
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| Euphorbia species |
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| Minstrel Shield Bug, Graphosoma lineatum italicum |
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| unidentified moth |
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| Pyramidal Orchid, Anacamptis pyramidalis |
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| Common Blues mating |
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| Green Hairstreak, Callophrys rubi |
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| Green-underside Blue, Glaucopsyche alexis |
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| Green-underside Blue |
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| Green-underside Blue |
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| Mediterranean Hartwort fruit, Tordylium apulum |
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| Mediterranean Hartwort |
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| Narrow-leaved Cistus, Cistus monspeliensis |
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| Spittlebug, Cercopis sanguinolenta |
Old Fort area of Corfu Town:
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| taverna where we had lunch served by Celia |
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| wall decoration in taverna |
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| Judas Tree, Cercis siliquastrum |
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| Judas Tree |
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| Blue-throated Keeled lizard, Dalmatian algyroides |
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| Barbary Nut, Moraea sisyrinchium |
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| Wood White, Leptidea sinapis |
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| Wood White |
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| bee and fly on Scabius |
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| Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus |
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| Eastern Baton Blue, Pseudophilotes vicrama clara |
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Eastern Baton Blue ♀
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| unidentified mo |
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| Dor Beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius |
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| Muslin Moth ♂, Diaphora mendica |
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| Muslin Moth ♂ |
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| White Ermine, Spilosoma lubricipeda |
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| White Ermine |
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| unidentified larva |
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