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Identify a butterfly?

  • 03-06-2015 11:34am
    #1
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,820 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    We don't seem to have an entomology forum... :pac:

    Would anyone have any idea what type of butterfly this is?

    butterfly1.jpg

    It looks a bit like a Cinnabar moth, but has its wings folded like a butterfly, and the antennae don't look moth-like. I don't think I've ever seen this sort of colouring around here before.


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  • #2
    ncur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 661 ✭✭✭ncur


    Sorry, no help identifying it, I agree about the wing orientation being butterfly like like rather than moth like. It is absolutely gorgeous though!

    I don't suppose there's a butterfly farm near you and it's an escapee?


  • #3
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,820 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    Panic over: it's a Cinnabar moth :)

    butterfly2.jpg

    It must have just emerged and was stretching its wings, hence looking like a butterfly.


  • #4
    ncur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 661 ✭✭✭ncur


    Absolutely gorgeous! I had no idea they existed in Europe.


  • #5
    cfuserkildare
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,593 ✭✭✭cfuserkildare


    Just found this:-

    Scientific name: Tyria jacobaeae

    May - August. Britain and Ireland. Medium-sized black moth, red markings on the forewing, hindwings mostly red. Often found near common ragwort, although sometimes on other ragworts and groundsels.

    Sourced from:-

    http://butterfly-conservation.org/51-1319/cinnabar.html


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