Sunday 31 January 2016

Wisley Butterflies 2016 Part Two

Unidentified Butterfly.  Butterflies in the Glasshouse at RHS Wisley, 26 January 2016.
Unidentified butterfly.  Butterflies in the Glasshouse at RHS Wisley, 26 January 2016.
 Here are some more tropical butterflies from RHS Wisley.  I have not been able to identify any of this group.

Photos from the side and the top show the full creature but are rather formal.  I rather like the more personal touch of angles like this first one.

Unidentified Butterfly.  Butterflies in the Glasshouse at RHS Wisley, 26 January 2016.
Unidentified butterfly.  Butterflies in the Glasshouse at RHS Wisley, 26 January 2016.
Here is an orange-winged specimen feeding from one of the glasshouse flowers.  You can see its long proboscis probing deep.  In the first photo above, the proboscis is curled up in its normal resting position.

Unidentified Butterfly.  Butterflies in the Glasshouse at RHS Wisley, 26 January 2016.
Unidentified butterfly.  Butterflies in the Glasshouse at RHS Wisley, 26 January 2016.
Another three-quarter view.  This time you can see the stance of the body and orange-tipped antennae.

Unidentified Butterfly.  Butterflies in the Glasshouse at RHS Wisley, 26 January 2016.
Unidentified butterfly.  Butterflies in the Glasshouse at RHS Wisley, 26 January 2016.
This pretty autumnal-coloured butterfly has lost part of its near wing, and you can see part of the upper wing pattern of the wing opposite.  The upper colours look to be very similar to the lower ones.

Unidentified Swallowtail butterflies mating.  Butterflies in the Glasshouse at RHS Wisley, 26 January 2016.
Unidentified Swallowtail butterflies mating.  Butterflies in the Glasshouse at RHS Wisley, 26 January 2016.
Finally, a mating pair that we saw soon after entering the hot glasshouse.  The female might lay eggs, but unfortunately there will not be the right environment for a new generation to appear.

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