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Post by wollastoni on Jul 14, 2015 19:02:07 GMT
Encountering Parnassius apollo is always a great moment for us, non alpine residents. Even if protected, Parnassius apollo has some very strong colonies in the French Alpes and can be common if you are in the good place at the good moment. In Haute Savoie, early July is the good timing.
I had the pleasure to encounter this big specimen with very red ocellas last week-end near Vernant lake between Les Carroz village and Flaine station, around 1700m altitude.
Hope you will like these pictures.
What is the official ssp. in Haute Savoie ? |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Jul 14, 2015 19:45:22 GMT
This should be ssp. geminus. (Note, the plural of ocella is ocellae, not ocellas - annoying Latin words don't follow English grammatical rules  ). Adam. |
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Post by trehopr1 on Jul 14, 2015 20:40:47 GMT
Simply Beautiful.... as our own Parnassius specialist Radusho has exclaimed in the past !
I'd have to travel out to Colorado, Wyoming, or Montana to see our native Parnassius and they are not nearly as large as Apollo.
I must also say that since being on this forum my appreciation for these butterflies has been heightened exponentially .
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Post by deliasfanatic on Jul 14, 2015 20:59:40 GMT
This should be ssp. geminus. (Note, the plural of ocella is ocellae, not ocellas - annoying Latin words don't follow English grammatical rules ). Adam. Would it not correctly be "ocellus" (masculine) in the singular, making plural "ocelli" ? |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Jul 15, 2015 8:18:50 GMT
Thanks Danny, yes you are right. I saw Olivier wrote "ocellas" and knew that was an incorrect formation of the plural so went straight to "ocellae". Of course that is the wrong gender, I guess that's the problem of reading the forum in the middle of the night.
Adam.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Jul 18, 2015 15:37:52 GMT
Yes, but it is really just a synonym of geminus (see Weiss, 2005).
Adam.
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