Suborder:Glossata Infraorder:Heteroneura Superfamily:Papilionoidea
Refs: Wikipedia
Males have reduced forelegs with a uniquely shaped coxa which extends beyond its joint with the trochanter, rather than meeting it flush.
Females have normal functional forelegs.
Costa of hindwing thickened from base to humeral angle(?), humeral vein(?) short
Refs: Wikipedia
Males have reduced forelegs with a uniquely shaped coxa which extends beyond its joint with the trochanter, rather than meeting it flush.
Females have normal functional forelegs.
Costa of hindwing thickened from base to humeral angle(?), humeral vein(?) short
Riodininae | Hamearini
60.001 Hamearis lucina (Duke of Burgundy)
ws: m29-32mm, f31-34mm; late Apr - early Jun; cowslip, primrose (Primula veris/vulgaris); ~25 scattered colonies on chalk downs predominantly in central-south England.
Hamearis lucina (Duke of Burgundy) §1
ID: 2 bands of white cells on the hindwing underside.
Hamearis lucina (Duke of Burgundy) §2
§1 Noar Hill, Hampshire; 18/05/2014
§2 Noar Hill, Hampshire; 18/05/2014
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Noar Hill, Hampshire; 18/05/2014
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 26/05/2014 (§1-2)
