Bulletin 33 - November 1987: Some Butterfly and Moth Recordings – Late 1986 to 1987



Some Butterfly and Moth Recordings – Late 1986 to 1987

By Len Reaney

Das Island, unless otherwise stated

Year 86 86 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87
Month 11 12 01 02 03 04 05 06 08 09 10 04 04 04 04 04 04
Day                       24 25 26 27 28 29
Asian Grass Blue (Zizeeria karsandra) c c c c c fc fc c c c c At Khazna          
Pea Blue (Lampides boeticus) c c c c fc fc s fc 3 c c            
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) c c c fc s s   s fc fc-s s-fc   Jeema/Qidfa c c    
African Emigrant (Catopsilia florella) Several 1981/82 Barry Bland       1?                        
Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus) Several 1986     2 s fc   2 1   c c c        
Small Cabbage White (Artogeia rapae) Early 1986 2   1       1                  
Hummingbird Hawk Moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) 1       1       1 s 2            
Striped H. Moth (Celerio livornica)         2 1 dead 1 1+1dead                  
Death’s Head H. Moth (Acherontia atropos) 1 in 1985 – R. Western                                
(Streblote siva Lefebvre)         1 Also 1 late 1986 – ident. British Museum                      
Crimson Speckled Footman (Utetheisa pulchella) 2 autumn 1986   2   fc           3 Bithnah            
Silver Striped H. Moth (Hippotion celerio)         1                        
Ermine sp.     2 dead in lampshade, early 1987                            
Oleander H. Moth (Daphnis nerii)           1 2 S                  
Caper White (Anaphaeis aurota)                       c c c   c c
Small Salmon Arab (Colotis calais)                     1 al Khazna            
Blue Pansy (Junonia arithya)             1 s fc-s 1     c   c c  
Desert White (Pontia glauconome)                           1 Jeema    
Lime Butterfly (Papilio demoleus)                           1 2 Bithna    
Diadem (Hypolimnas misippus)                             c E. coast    
Small Cupid (Childades parrhasius)                             1 Qidfa    
White-edged Rock Brown (Hipparchia parisatis)                     Wadi Khabb/Uyaynah c c        
Balkam Pierrot (Taracus balkanicus)                         Wadi Uyaynah c      

Key: c: common; fc: fairly common; s: scarce

(Ed. note: the original hand-drawn chart is available via the link below.)

 


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