Hipparchia neomiris & Hipparchia aristaeus, endemic Sardinia

[wollastoni]

Sardinia island in the Mediterranea is famous for its endemic species, most of them shared with the close Corsica island.

In the mountains of Sardinia, you can see some very nice endemic species, including these 2 nice Satyridae, Hipparchia neomiris and Hipparchia aristaeus.

End-July 2016

Supramonte d'Urzulei, 1000m

Sardinia

Hipparchia neomiris (blacker below) and Hipparchia aristaeus (above)

Hipparchia aristaeus, hard to see on the ground

and one of his nice local predator :

[trehopr1]

Nice species. Also, nice photography to boot ! Beautiful images. Tough getting live shots of most butterflies.

[nomad]

Nice to see some endemic butterflies. Thanks for sharing. I expect you enjoyed your visit to Sardinia.