Reposted by @orientbutterflies.bsky.social
Here's a nice new study on the diversity of the Eros blue. Last summer I saw one of the more differentiated of the group, Taygetos blue. It was the first time I visited the higher parts of Taygetos and it surely ended in my top of favorite European butterfly sites!
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Arctic Fritillary (Boloria chariclea), Arctic Grayling (Oeneis bore)
Northern Clouded Yellow (Colias hecla), Cranberry Blue (Agriades optilete), Arctic Woodland Ringlet (Erebia polaris)
Frigga's Fritillary (Boloria frigga), Lapland Fritillary (Euphydryas iduna)
All images © Jon Dunn](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz63kbbmgt5z4pmbkrnbyxca/bafkreiahyuggc7mnk5grcnhty2vixzo3lpbfdoa5ikcfrweyr55nvocnde)
![Just a tiny handful of the wonderful butterflies we expect to see in Serbia, images © Janos Olah & Clive Burrows
[clockwise from top left] Balkan Copper, False Comma, Freyer's Fritillary, Russian Heath, Yellow-banded Skipper, Lesser Lattice Brown](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r3g4gui22pwrdfeitixzpazf/bafkreiefdbchq3ynrkvwllkobqnevngxxpxozfv7ezocngmn52yh5lrq5i)
