Post by wolf on Dec 5, 2019 20:37:23 GMT
As a newly educated doctor in Norway you are required to have 1,5 year of internship before starting your specialization. This internship consist of 1 year in a hospital and 6 months in a general practitioner/family doctors office. After finishing my year in the hospital i decided to do the 6 month part of my internship up north, in northern Norway. The timing was perfect as i would be getting the spring and summer up there. I started in March until the end of August. I spent all weekends from early June until beginning of August travelling around looking for butterflies. I also decided to have vacation the first 2 weeks in July, where i took my car and drove all around in the 2 most northern states of Norway, a trip of about 3200km all together.
Of the 11 species specific to Northern Norway i managed to find and catch 10 out of 11, only missing out on Euphydryas iduna. Apart from that i also managed to get some of the species with specific subspecies from the north like L.phlaeas polaris and L.hippothoe stiberi. I've added some pictures of most of the butterfly species i found and some pics of their habitat. Enjoy!
This "gate" along the E6 road marks the border of the arctic circle.
Boloria freija from mid June.
This is a typical locality of B. freija. Open marsh area with flowering Rubus chamaemorus, which is the main hostplant, allthough it can eat other plants aswell.
Boloria frigga from late June. Typical habitat would also be open marsh areas where it as alot of Rubus chamaemorus, at several places they would be flying together with B.freija and also Erebia disa.
Boloria polaris from end of June/early July.
This was one locality with B.polaris, it looks flat, but it was actually quite rugged terrain!
Boloria chariclea from early July
Locality of B.chariclea. This locality was also home to B.polaris and Oeneis bore, which i sadly dont have any pictures of.
Boloria improba improbula from mid July.
Locality of B.improba, it was flying from around 900-1100m asl. It took about 2 hours to walk up to the locality. Also flying up there would be Colias hecla, C.tyche, Erebia pandrose and Pyrgus andromedae.
Colias hecla sulitelma from mid July.
Typical habitat of C.hecla. Also flying here was C.tyche.
Colias tyche werdandi from mid July. I found others at another locality in early July which was not so battered, this one was just taken pictures of then released again.
Erebia disa and locality, often flying together with B.freija and B.frigga. This pictured E.disa was very dark, usually the red spots on the forewings are more prominent, but i dont have any other pictures.
Erebia polaris from early July.
Agriades aquilo and typical locality from early July.
Pyrgus andromedae from early July.
Pyrgus centaureae from mid July.
Lycaena phlaeas polaris from early July.
Lycaena hippothoe stiberi from mid July.
Boloria thore from mid July.
Boloria napaea from late July/early August.
To end it all a picture of the midnight sun!
Of the 11 species specific to Northern Norway i managed to find and catch 10 out of 11, only missing out on Euphydryas iduna. Apart from that i also managed to get some of the species with specific subspecies from the north like L.phlaeas polaris and L.hippothoe stiberi. I've added some pictures of most of the butterfly species i found and some pics of their habitat. Enjoy!
This "gate" along the E6 road marks the border of the arctic circle.
Boloria freija from mid June.
This is a typical locality of B. freija. Open marsh area with flowering Rubus chamaemorus, which is the main hostplant, allthough it can eat other plants aswell.
Boloria frigga from late June. Typical habitat would also be open marsh areas where it as alot of Rubus chamaemorus, at several places they would be flying together with B.freija and also Erebia disa.
Boloria polaris from end of June/early July.
This was one locality with B.polaris, it looks flat, but it was actually quite rugged terrain!
Boloria chariclea from early July
Locality of B.chariclea. This locality was also home to B.polaris and Oeneis bore, which i sadly dont have any pictures of.
Boloria improba improbula from mid July.
Locality of B.improba, it was flying from around 900-1100m asl. It took about 2 hours to walk up to the locality. Also flying up there would be Colias hecla, C.tyche, Erebia pandrose and Pyrgus andromedae.
Colias hecla sulitelma from mid July.
Typical habitat of C.hecla. Also flying here was C.tyche.
Colias tyche werdandi from mid July. I found others at another locality in early July which was not so battered, this one was just taken pictures of then released again.
Erebia disa and locality, often flying together with B.freija and B.frigga. This pictured E.disa was very dark, usually the red spots on the forewings are more prominent, but i dont have any other pictures.
Erebia polaris from early July.
Agriades aquilo and typical locality from early July.
Pyrgus andromedae from early July.
Pyrgus centaureae from mid July.
Lycaena phlaeas polaris from early July.
Lycaena hippothoe stiberi from mid July.
Boloria thore from mid July.
Boloria napaea from late July/early August.
To end it all a picture of the midnight sun!